Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts)

[whole diary]

[Red Squirrel]

The screen at the London end of the train shed has now been sheeted over in preparation for refurbishment. This will involve replacing the glazing, although as this is in the provinces they won't be using real glass - plastic will do for us yokels!

[johnneyw]

This picture shows the eastern end of the passenger underpass at Temple Meads with the hoardings advertising the site of the new east entrance.  No indication of any other related activity at present but at least it lets people know about it.

[the void]

Grosvenor Hotel near Bristol Temple Meads to finally be demolished

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/grosvenor-hotel-near-bristol-temple-meads-to-finally-be-demolished/ar-AA161FGt?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=1d2d12345358401f96829dc11c84682c

[Red Squirrel]

Bristol City Council have launched a consultation showing details of the next stages of the Temple Quarter redevelopment, and specifically Temple Meads itself.

Temple Quarter: https://www.ask.bristol.gov.uk/hub-page/bristol-temple-quarter-development-framework-consultation-12
Temple Meads: https://www.ask.bristol.gov.uk/temple-meads-station-city-gateway-and-the-friary-north

I don't think this has changed greatly since November 2019 (see https://fosbr.org.uk/temple-meads-masterplan-november-2019-update/), though there is more detail. In particular, the new gatelines show how the current rather hectic space could become a lot more civilised:


1. New northern entrance (formed through 3no. arches)
2. New northern unpaid concourse
3. Enhanced unpaid passenger route 1 - Clock tower
4. Enhanced unpaid passenger route 2 - Bonaparte's
5. New northern entrance terrace
6. New station approach forecourt
7. New Customer Information Screen (CIS^▸ (Customer Information System))
8. Potential retail use
9. New public toilets
10. New access into passageway
11. Former west Digby Wyatt range rooms
12. Existing access point extended through Midland Shed out onto Friary
13. First class lounge
14. Retail use
15. Potential to open up additional arches along facade to facilitate retail street
16. New 6-car platform and buffer stops positioned 25m back from end of Midland Shed
17. Proposed gateline to platform 0/1
18. Proposed gateline behind Platform 3
19. Proposed gateline through Bonapartes Alley
20. Platform 3
21. Relocated Taxi and blue badge parking
22. Service access
23. Existing signalling facility

[johnneyw]

Looks like WH Smith's is making way for new access.... moving to one of the new retail areas?
More significantly it looks like a much reduced ticket office area....if any at all as there seems to be no mention of it on the plan (unless I really do need to go to Specsavers!).

[plymothian]

More significantly it looks like a much reduced ticket office area....if any at all as there seems to be no mention of it on the plan (unless I really do need to go to Specsavers!).

There could be a very relevant recent reason for that.

[eXPassenger]

More significantly it looks like a much reduced ticket office area....if any at all as there seems to be no mention of it on the plan (unless I really do need to go to Specsavers!).

There could be a very relevant recent reason for that.

There is no specific reference to ticket machines either.  Presumably some of the retail space could be used as a ticket office if needed.

[the void]

I wouldn't read too much into it - it's just a concept drawing rather than an actual plan. Looks like it was drawn by someone with just a vague memory of what the area looks like.

[Phantom]

On pictures shown on ITV West yesterday the ticket office etc seemed to be in the Victorian Shed upgrade

[johnneyw]

Related to the redevelopment are the latest plans for plot three immediately adjacent to the station.  This from Bristol Live, complete with the developer's images of what the new scheme won't look like.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/empty-land-behind-temple-meads-8017089?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

[DaveHarries]

Related to the redevelopment are the latest plans for plot three immediately adjacent to the station.  This from Bristol Live, complete with the developer's images of what the new scheme won't look like.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/empty-land-behind-temple-meads-8017089?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

Another speculative scheme which is nothing more than a pile of utter tripe (to put it more politely than I wish to). They just cannot bare the thought of a patch of land being used for anything other than buildings. Why not have a genuine improvement to the area by a bit of landscaping and planting (trees / flowers) on it instead of another hideous and unnecessary building.

Dave

[johnneyw]

Just across from Temple Meads, it looks like the "Bridge to Nowhere" on the former "Arena Island" might be leading somewhere eventually.  While the arrival of JCBs on site isn't exactly imminent, the planning process seems to have restarted:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/developers-finally-move-forward-temple-8197547

[infoman]

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/passenger-trials-for-temple-meads-station-innovation-zone-to-begin-in-april/?utm_source=Bristol24%2F7&utm_campaign=46bd5804b5-b247_newsletter_110323&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_67a9a4e1bd-46bd5804b5-38758697&mc_cid=46bd5804b5&mc_eid=86ae7efe71

[Red Squirrel]

Infoman’s topic merged here as Connected Places Catapult has already been discussed in this thread.

[infoman]

okay