Access is a major issue for it.  As Red Squirrel said trying to access it by car is virtually impossible, which is the main reason I never got around to taking any pics from the station itself during the blockade.  Was much easier access via Kipling Road / Wallscourt Rd South and onto the footbridge just to the south of the station, which again as RS mentioned would offer much better pedestrian access from Filton Avenue itself had they put in an additional entrance / exit footpath there.  But even then it involved some pretty detailed map reading to make sure I knew exactly where to find access to the footpath itself

It's basically now turned into an interchange station which is what i've used it for in the past.  Timing it right I can park up at BPW^» (Bristol Parkway - next trains), get the first stopping train to FIT, and then pick up one of the CDF^» (Cardiff - next trains)-TAU^» (Taunton - next trains) / CDF-PMH stopping services to get to where I wanted to go

I'm guessing that was one of it's greatest uses when it was the original Filton Junction station sited north of Station Rd bridge, and of course there was no Parkway station back then either, well not when all 4 platforms of Filton Junction were still in use anyway!

Excellent pics, thanks for those!  Great to see it all completed now...  and with the existing platforms extended and re-surfaced looks more like the major station it's turning into 

It's a benefit for now with the existing timetable, but with the desire to get more stopping services that would definitely become an issue

I'm assuming that either the half hourly departures from PWY on the CDF^» (Cardiff - next trains)-TAU^» (Taunton - next trains) / CDF-PMH harbour will be amended at some point in the future to stop at LWH & SRD, along with the new Ashley Hill station when it opens

Plus the hourly BPW^» (Bristol Parkway - next trains)-WSM which calls at both stations on it's return from WSM but not on the way there

At the moment there's no daytime trains at all between PWY & LWH/SRD, and one an hour (sometimes once every two hours) from BPW

Don't get me wrong, it's been really interesting following all the paths the last couple of days and seeing how the new main lines have allowed the XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) / Freight & some CDF services to be run up these freeing up the reliefs, but a lot more thought will be needed to accomodate all of the planned additional local services without adding extra delays on existing ones

As with everything, you remove one bottleneck and it highlights another...  I can see the single line between Narroways and CFN^▸ (Clifton Down station) also becoming an issue as time goes on, especially as one of the benefits of four tracking was to enable more stopping services at both SRD and LWH

I noticed a lot of Beach line delays yesterday on TrackIt too

One of the biggest problems then seemed to be BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) bound services waiting at CFN^▸ (Clifton Down station) for the AVN / SVB services to arrive so they could crossover before the single line stretch to Narroways

In one case then, and again this morning, the BRI bound service departed to prevent it running any later leaving the CFN bound service stuck at SRD for ages til the single line was cleared (and another PMH-CDF^» (Cardiff - next trains) service was redirected up the main line)

Am guessing before that there's no way they'd allow that to happen and they'd hold the other train at CFN to clear the Up lines, but now with the opportunity to bypass trains held at LWH & SRD they've started doing that?

I'm wondering if they've still been overriding ARS^▸ (Automatic Route Setting) this week looking at some of the train movements, which is why some Cardiff bound trains have been run into P2 instead of P4

There's been several instances of PMH-CDF^» (Cardiff - next trains) / TAU^» (Taunton - next trains)-CDF services being run up the main lines to avoid delayed services on the reliefs, the same as there's been delayed XC^▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) services being run into P1 at the last minute at BPW^» (Bristol Parkway - next trains) to prevent holding up on-time PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) services, and then run into P2 at all other times if they're on time / not holding up other services

Or...  you could go back to your original user name...  bear with me here!

To get Bristol electrified, they want to remodel Bristol East Junction, which would also involve
Laying new tracks into the Midland Shed, which would also involve
Removing Bristol Panel Box, which would also involve
Transferring signalling from Bristol South to Cogload junction to TVSC^» (Thames Valley Signalling Centre - about) or elsewhere, which would also involve
Additional signalling to be introduced to allow more stopping services at BMT & PSN and the re-opened Portishead line, which would also involve
Four Tracks, Now! to be reintroduced from Bristol West Junction to Parson Street Junction!

Go on, you know you want to! 

Exactly! 

Three Tracks (in the old Midland Shed), Now! 

Yeah sorry I meant they'd need to change the new P2 sign to also indicate trains to BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) if they were running from P2 along with P1 & P3, rather than just northbound via BPW^» (Bristol Parkway - next trains) as it now says (which is the only path to BPW like you said)

Otherwise it could cause even more confusion with 3 platforms to choose from for BRI

So how long are you gonna keep us in suspense for then Grahame?!

I was assuming that P1 and P3 would be for all services to BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) depending whether they came from BPW^» (Bristol Parkway - next trains) or PWY like they have been since yesterday, with P2 available for bidirectional working in case of delays etc.  Happy to be wrong

They'll need to change the new signs tho from those Red Squirrel posted pics of the other day, as they indicate P2 for all trains north via BPW...

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=13113.msg251924#msg251924

Looks like things on the move again...  phew!

Don't want the press getting hold of any teething problems on the first day, cos teething problems is what they are!   

Not sure if it's a signalling issue, but for the past hour or so there's been delays on the Up Main from just south of FIT on to BPW^» (Bristol Parkway - next trains)

Trains running up the bank and then getting stuck behind each other for around 10 minutes before they eventually proceed onto BPW

1M93 to MAN the latest casualty...  left BRI^» (Bristol Temple Meads - next trains) 1 minute late, just been stuck for 23 minutes   

Up Main and both relief's seem to be ok tho

Think they all need a bit of time to catch up

Main thing is the service itself is running and already improving service from the start