Councillors, residents and campaigners came to a FoSBR event to push home the message: Portishead Railway - Just do it!Continue reading
Category: FoSBR Plan for Rail
The FoSBR Plan for Rail takes advantage of the region’s biggest underused asset – its suburban rail network – to deliver the backbone of a sustainable transport system.
Bristol, Bath and the West of England is crossed by railway lines. But the trains are infrequent, many places have no local station, and some lines are only used by freight trains. FoSBR is campaigning for more lines, more stations, and more frequent trains.
We want local lines to be electrified as soon as possible, to improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions to combat global warming. The network also needs to be fully integrated with buses, cycling and walking routes, with a single simple ticketing system to make it easy to use.
Almost all of the network is already in place – but it isn’t being exploited. Most of the enhancements we need for a turn-up-and-go metro service can be made using land the railway already owns.
FoSBR staged an event on Saturday April 2nd to draw attention to the poor nature of interchange between buses and trains, and looked at what...Continue reading
YTL, developers of the new Arena in North Filton, have big plans for the Brabazon development. A new train station will play a critical role.Continue reading
To celebrate the new half-hourly service on the Severn Beach line we’d like to invite you to take a trip with us to Severn Beach...Continue reading
The Secretary of State for Transport has announced a delay of up to six months in the decision on the Portishead railway Development Consent Order....Continue reading
We need to act rapidly if we are to avoid the worst effects of the climate emergency. There can be no doubt that unless we...Continue reading
On Saturday 11th September, UK Railtours ran a charter train to some freight lines of interest to FoSBR. Tina, Brendan, Carol & David of FoSBR went...Continue reading
FoSBR met Cllr Mark Weston at the site of the new Henbury train station in August, to discuss the new station and other opportunities for the Henbury line. Continue reading
FoSBR conducted a survey to find out how people would use a new train station at St Annes. Here are the results!Continue reading
Network Rail say four tracks are needed between Bristol Parkway and Westerleigh Junction, Yate, to allow for planned service improvements.Continue reading