Transition will start TODAY.

Was it platform 3 or was it platform 9 before the renumbering which closed platforme 1 and 2 which have since re-opened as platforms 13 and 15.

.... and clear of engineering trolleys.

An instant motorway junction for UWE Frenchay Campus.

What about the "Jubilee Express", the 1977 Bristol TM^‡(resolve) to Paddington and back via the Badminton Line which had the renowned rail writer O.S.Nock on board riding in the second mans seat to Paddington at least.
Both outward and return journeys were records at the time for the overall journeys attaining an average speed of over 100mph start to stop using a full size 2+8 HST^▸ (High Speed Train). I was on it and still got my souvenir HST125 tie somewhere. No doubt one of "Ossies" books features this event. I have fond memories of Ossie and spent an enjoyable evening with a few mates at his home / apartment in The Royal Crescent in Bath when he reminisced many of his memorable moments as a rail writer.

Standing on a rail overbridge looking down on a double track railway line currently not being electrified but within GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) territory possibly the Golden Valley line between Stroud and Kemble.

Seeing it was a nice sunny day got the bus and went for an afternoon stroll around Metrobusland, the Apartment Town of Lyde Green, yes, apartments galore in blocks of eight served by one communal door. If every apartment owner(s) had at least one car I don't know where they all would park and as for washing lines I'm still guessing where they would be BUT I did espy something new, A METROBUS INFORMATION POINT AND TICKET MACHINE at the Lyde Green Park and Ride Citybound stop. All connected up and live but the screen was showing a NOT IN SERVICE message. One of the long sides has a white background / display which I presume will be where the timetable will be displayed and which I surmise can be varied from a central control when timetable changes are made/Sunday/bank holiday timetables operating. On the narrow side facing the road is a point where travellers can charge up their contactless TOUCH cards (Bristols answer to OYSTER) and there is also a microphone / speaker grill on this side bit too. On the other long side is the touch screen with the usual slot and keypad for credit cards and there is also a contactless touch pad. I didn't get round to the fourth side as a bus came which I boarded.

I did a count of the vehicles parked in the park and ride car park, 14.

Walking part of the 'route', well the roads that had bus shelters erected on them I did notice how faded the yellow road markings delineating the bus stop areas and the words BUS STOP are, probably need a revisit from the road markings painters before too long but having compared the route I walked and the route as printed in the timetable leaflet ;-

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/travelwest/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/m3-timetable-May-2018.pdf

they're not the same. What I did notice was that the 'bus stop flags' attached to the lamp posts had 'temporary stop' written on them and follows the printed route map as per the timetable but the bus shelters are installed on the other route, the route I walked, ahmm.

Seems the bus drivers are unsure of the currently operated routes in this Apartment Town too. One First bus went straight down past the NCC (National Composites Centre) building and then past the science park building onto the Westerleigh Road entering the current Lyde Green terminus by way of the bus only road off of the ring road whilst the next First bus came past the NCC building turned into the terminus area, dropped off its passenger, yes passenger and then did a U-turn utilising a pedestrian area which has no raised kerbs in doing so. A Wessex service bus arrived at the terminus from the bus only road off the ring road, no passengers did a U-turn, parked up by the Metrobus inbound stop to await time and then did a second U-turn following the alignment used by the earlier First bus. A Stagecoach service never even bothered to come into the terminus.

Two weeks tomorrow it all kicks off with FREE travel until June 9th, but no service on Sundays. 

Bit like Metrobus then, but we're nearly there, two weeks tomorrow is opening day.

SNAP, so too between Parkway and Temple Meads already caused cancellation of early services to London, stock running to Swindon and starting from there and now Weston Services to London starting at Temple Meads now engineering works cleared, lets hope there are no engineering works trolleys left on the line today.

 A friend told me of an incident that was unfolding as he was travelling back from Oxford on the above date.

1L68 was totally disabled in platform 2 at Didcot, passengers had been detrained and ushered to platform 4 for the next service to PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains) which they couldn't all get on. A Cheltenham to PAD service then made an unscheduled stop at DID^» (Didcot Parkway - next trains) on platform 3 which meant the pax were ushered back to platforms 2/3. The disabled train was headcoded 5L68 and continued to block the up main for 4 hours whilst attempts were made to find traction in the area which could be utilised to remove the errant stock. Eventually the stock for 1C26 at PAD was used by cancelling 1C26 and running the stock as 5C26 to Milton Junction and reversing from there into platform 2, coupling up and then dragging the errant stock back to Stoke Gifford via the Challow Down Loop.

Anyone in the know care to divulge what went POP.

This thread prompts me question whether the WSR Awayday ticket is still available, anyone know ?

Checked my PROFILE and e-mail address is as stated.

Not received mine either, don't use g-mail, checked my spam too, nothing, I use McAfee LiveSafe.

Hi Jump for the PICOP^▸ (Person In Charge Of Possession) ?

Wouldn't this show up as track occupied in Westbury Panel SB^▸ (Signal Box) ?