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Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Car Parking at Bristol Temple Meads
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on: April 20, 2014, 20:53:35
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Went with another member of this forum, to Temple Meads yesterday. Parked under the roof in the Old Station. The ticket machine right by the entrance was asking ^9.80 for a day's parking. Moved car 10 yards outside to the open air. Ticket machine now asked ^6.80. Seems a high premium is being charged to have a roof over one's motor......
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Sideshoots - associated subjects / Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractions / New 'Being Brunel' museum in Bristol to open in 2016 (now Easter 2017)
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on: April 03, 2014, 09:49:50
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New ^7m Brunel museum to 'spread engineer's fame'
By The Bristol Post | Posted: April 03, 2014
A MAJOR new ^7 million museum dedicated to Isambard Kingdom Brunel is being planned for next to the ss Great Britain, it has been revealed. Called Being Brunel, it will be built within the historic Great Western Steamship Company dockyard and will give the public access to the famed engineer's collections for the first time.
It will be run by the ss Great Britain Trust, which aims to bring Brunel's worldwide reputation as a "hero engineer" to life.
It was yesterday announced that the project is in line for ^4.9 million initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), as well as a development grant of ^176,000.
The grant of ^176,000 will enable the trust to develop a project proposal and submit a second application to the HLF. If that application is successful Being Brunel can go ahead ^ aiming to open to the public in 2016.
An HLF spokeswoman said the plans would see the restoration and completion of an authentic dockyard setting at the ss Great Britain.
A major redevelopment of the derelict buildings that overlook the floating harbour towards Hotwell Road will allow visitors to explore the life and world of the engineer and step back in time inside his original Drawing Office. The development will also form the hub of a National Brunel Network of people, places, institutions and heritage resources around the UK▸ .
Matthew Tanner MBE, chief executive of the ss Great Britain Trust, said: "Visitors will be able to explore Brunel's life and works and then compare their own skills to his, relating his achievements to the modern world. We feel there's no better epicentre than Bristol for this to happen. We aim to inspire the next generation of young scientists and engineers with everything we do at the ss Great Britain Trust. The Being Brunel museum development and national network will do just this."
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Journey by Journey / Bristol (WECA) Commuters / Re: Four track for Filton Bank - ongoing discussion
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on: March 31, 2014, 12:29:14
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Is this the last final announcement to gladden FTN's heart, or yet another 'cold' dish served lukewarm ? From the BBC» : Bristol rail investment to see tracks reinstated
Reinstating four tracks between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads is part of a ^700m investment in the city's railway infrastructure.
Network Rail has announced 31 projects in the city over the next five years including the electrification of the line between Bristol and London.
Doubling the track has been described as "fundamental" to the expansion of services in and around Bristol
"Reinstating the four lines between Temple Meads and Parkway is the arterial route around which the rest of the Bristol growing railway is going to be hung," said Mike Gallop, Network Rail's Route Asset Director.
The new tracks will be built on Filton Bank, making it possible for local passenger services to use the line.
"It's a very significant first step but it is a first step," said Rob Dixon from the campaign group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways.
"Without this investment there can be no improvements in local services - things like the reopening of the line to Portishead, the Henbury Loop, improvements on the Severn Beach line and from Weston to Yate - which all need extra capacity and without that they just couldn't run. So these changes are a first step to what we want and need to see."
Charlotte Leslie, Conservative MP▸ for Bristol North West, has campaigned for the reopening of the Henbury Loop.
"The four-tracking of Filton Bank is the basic infrastructure which makes other things possible," said Ms Leslie.
"But what I'd like to see is more ambition in getting Henbury station and Henbury Loop and our network of rail around the city open faster because Bristol is growing and our transport infrastructure isn't keeping up."
The package also includes building new platforms at Bristol Parkway and upgrading Bristol Temple Meads station.
Moderator note: Edited to include quote and attribute source. bignosemac
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