Stations Archives | Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways

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...

Is there support for Coalpit Heath station?

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020Tina BiggsFoSBR Plan for Rail, Stations

FoSBR have long advocated an additional station to the north-east of Bristol. The most promising locations are Winterbourne or Coalpit Heath, both of which...

Portway Parkway: costs rise

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019Carol DurrantNews, Stations

Development work by Network Rail has seen the overall cost of the new station at Portway Park & Ride/Parkway rise to between £3.4 million...

Aerial view of Temple Meads masterplan area

Temple Meads masterplan: November 2019 update

November 28, 2019January 7, 2020Tim WeekesNews, Stations

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....

Hawk hired at Bristol Temple Meads

November 12, 2019December 9, 2019Carol DurrantNews, Stations

A hawk has been hired by Bristol Temple Meads railway station to scare away aggressive seagulls. The six-month-old Harris hawk, called Artemis, has started...

Clifton Down Access Improvements

November 11, 2019December 5, 2019Tina BiggsCampaigns, News, Stations

Those of you using Clifton Down station, via the car entrance to the car-park from Whiteladies Road, may have noticed that, on the left-hand...

Stapleton Road Footbridge

November 8, 2019December 5, 2019Carol DurrantCampaigns, News, Stations

The successful completion of the four-tracking of Filton Bank last December doubled the number of lines between Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads...

New lifts at Patchway Station

November 8, 2019December 5, 2019Carol DurrantCampaigns, News, Stations

Because of electrification of the Paddington to South Wales main line, the passenger footbridge at Patchway station had to be raised or replaced –...

Avonmouth – station improvements

October 1, 2019December 5, 2019Carol DurrantNews, Stations

Avonmouth station has experienced ups and downs over the last few years, but recently benefitted from some TLC. First some background: in late 2014,...