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Title: Bristol's lost railways stations Post by: Red Squirrel on October 14, 2018, 16:58:10 From the Evening Bristol:
Quote Long forgotten: Bristol's lost railways stations You might not know it, but there are at least 13 former railway stations hiding away in Bristol, with even more lost in surrounding North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. ... [photo caption]Mangotsfield station from the Bristol end showing the former line to Bath on the right and Yatton on the left. ... There are question marks over several possible re-openings, especially as part of the MetroWest project which currently sees a new station proposed as part of the Portishead Line near the site of the old Henbury station. Read it and weep (https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/history/long-forgotten-bristols-lost-railways-2090035) Next week: Long forgotten: Bristol's lost journalistics skills Title: Re: Bristol's lost railways stations Post by: martyjon on October 14, 2018, 17:16:11 Would like to see the routing from, right at Mangotsfield to Yatton, my suggestion, without a reversal, Mangotsfield to Gloucester, thence towards Newport taking the curve at Maindee East to join the Welsh Marches line to Hereford thence through Great Malvern to Worcester, Cheltenham and Yate taking the original GWR curve to join the South Wales Main Line at Westerleigh Junction to Stoke Gifford taking the line to Filton Abbey Wood to Temple Meads and thence to Yatton.
I think the journalist meant Yate. Title: Re: Bristol's lost railways stations Post by: Red Squirrel on October 14, 2018, 17:22:23 Would like to see the routing from, right at Mangotsfield to Yatton, my suggestion, without a reversal, Mangotsfield to Gloucester, thence towards Newport taking the curve at Maindee East to join the Welsh Marches line to Hereford thence through Great Malvern to Worcester, Cheltenham and Yate taking the original GWR curve to join the South Wales Main Line at Westerleigh Junction to Stoke Gifford taking the line to Filton Abbey Wood to Temple Meads and thence to Yatton. Mornington Crescent! Title: Re: Bristol's lost railways stations Post by: johnneyw on October 14, 2018, 17:36:56 Would like to see the routing from, right at Mangotsfield to Yatton, my suggestion, without a reversal, Mangotsfield to Gloucester, thence towards Newport taking the curve at Maindee East to join the Welsh Marches line to Hereford thence through Great Malvern to Worcester, Cheltenham and Yate taking the original GWR curve to join the South Wales Main Line at Westerleigh Junction to Stoke Gifford taking the line to Filton Abbey Wood to Temple Meads and thence to Yatton. Mornington Crescent! Which might explain why Metrowest seems to be in the Dollis Hill loop these days. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |