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Bristol Bridge, which will be closed to private cars from 2nd August 2020

Bristol Bridge closure

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020Tim WeekesClean air, News

Bristol City Council have announced that Bristol Bridge will be closed to private cars from 2nd Angust 2020. Why does FoSBR think the closure...

Virus particle - how do we campaign for rail during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Rail Campaigning and Covid-19

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020Rob DixonCampaigns, News, WECA

How should FoSBR position itself in these unprecedented times? FoSBR Chair Rob Dixon expresses the frustrations and opportunities faced by those involved in Rail...

Roof of main train shed, Bristol Temple Meads, 2020

Fixing the roof at Temple Meads

June 29, 2020July 7, 2020Tim WeekesNews, Stations

Work to repair the roof of Grade 1 listed Temple Meads train station will start this summer. Network Rail announced on 26th June that...

WECA MetroWest map - FOSBR corrected Portishead junction location

MetroWest plans extended to Gloucester and Westbury

June 25, 2020July 1, 2020Tim WeekesMetroWest Phase 2, News, WECA

The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has announced plans to extend the scope of MetroWest. In the north, trains will terminate at Gloucester...

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Adaptive road sign: Coronavirus - Essential travel only - Stay home - Save lives

Coronavirus: What future for sustainable transport?

June 1, 2020June 30, 2020Tim WeekesNews

Updated 26 June 2020 to reflect changes in social distancing rules. How can we reconcile investment in sustainable transport with the steps we need...

Reducing car use in the West of England – can rail do the job?

May 4, 2020June 26, 2020Tina BiggsFoSBR Plan for Rail, News, WECA

FoSBR’s Tina Biggs wrote an article for Rail Professional magazine’s May edition titled “Reducing car use in the West of England – can rail...

2013 FOSBR Award - artwork by Mike Baker

Mike Baker 1961-2020

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020Carol DurrantNews, Stations

Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways were saddened to hear of the death of Mike Baker on 12th March 2020, at the age of just...

Bristol buses – what next?

March 15, 2020March 27, 2020Carol DurrantFoSBR Plan for Rail, News, Stations, WECA

From April 2020 WECA will take over responsibility for overseeing bus services across Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) and South Gloucestershire. This...

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FoSBR AGM 2020: A brief report

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020Tim WeekesNews

This is a brief report of the FoSBR AGM, on 14th Feb 2020. Chair Rob Dixon summarised another busy year. FoSBR has had much...

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Greta Thunberg in Bristol

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020Graham EllisNews

Greta Thunberg spoke at the Bristol Youth Strike for Climate gathering on 28th February 2020. Graham Ellis, FoSBR member and administrator of the Great...