Infrastructure enhancements

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Infrastructure enhancements - Wiltshire

« on: April 19, 2018, 21:35:00 »

Wonderful to see all the pictures from the Bristol area and the Great Western main lines of work being done to modernise and enhance the railway. At the second most recent station to open in Wiltshire, further work is now underway to substantially lengthen the platforms; I went out there this evening and this is what's going on with platform 2. Further pictures to follow for platform 1


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Re: Infrastructure enhancements - Wiltshire

« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2018, 03:32:43 »

Wow! Thanks for those pictures, grahame. Grin

The scale of the work required at Dilton Marsh (for that is where you were, I think Wink

) perhaps gives some idea of the even greater scale of work that would be required to deliver our disabled ramp access to platform 1 at Nailsea & Backwell Station.


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Re: Infrastructure enhancements - Wiltshire

« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2018, 05:04:21 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on April 20, 2018, 03:32:43

Wow! Thanks for those pictures, grahame. Grin

The scale of the work required at Dilton Marsh (for that is where you were, I think Wink

) perhaps gives some idea of the even greater scale of work that would be required to deliver our disabled ramp access to platform 1 at Nailsea & Backwell Station.

Yes, Dilton Marsh. The pictures there being purely platform 2. Platform 1 works pictures to follow.


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Re: Infrastructure enhancements - Wiltshire

« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2018, 06:26:43 »

Quote from: grahame on April 20, 2018, 05:04:21

Yes, Dilton Marsh. The pictures there being purely platform 2. Platform 1 works pictures to follow.

Here's the platform 1 pictures


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Re: Infrastructure enhancements - Wiltshire

« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2018, 15:19:43 »

It must be remembered as well that these works only double the platform length from ½ carriage to 1 carriage. It will still be a short platform.


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