Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (FoSBR) will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Friday, 14th February 2020. We apologise for the fact that...
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Author: Tim Weekes
Western Gateway Rail Strategy Consultation
FoSBR have submitted a response to the Western Gateway Rail Strategy Consultation. We call on them to increase rail investment, and to halt their...
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FoSBR Website updated
We have updated the FoSBR website! Our old website was developed back in the days when most people surfed the web on desktop computers....
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Temple Meads masterplan: November 2019 update
On 27 November, FoSBR representatives attended a ‘workshop’ event at Mott MacDonald’s office in Bristol to review the masterplan for upgrading Temple Meads station....
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December 2019 Timetable – Now Available
The December 2019 GWR Timetable is now available. Almost all GWR services are affected by this change. Some trains no longer stop at all...
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Overcrowded
Train users in our area will have noticed that many services are currently being operated by trains that are older and have fewer cars...
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The future of mobility
WECA, the West of England Combined Authority, has submitted an application for the Department for Transport to fund a £28 million ‘Future Mobility Living...
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Cable Car system for Bristol?
We await with interest details of a scheme by The Clifton Cable Company. They plan to build a gondola lift (or ‘cable car’) system...
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Filton Bank reopens
On the morning of Monday 3 December Network Rail successfully completed the installation of two new railway lines between Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol...
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JLTP4
WECA, the West of England Combined Authority, have issued their draft Joint Local Transport Plan Version 4 (JLTP4). This has been prepared by WECA...
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