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« Reply #45 on: May 01, 2013, 11:34:50 »

Here goes then (the route where IIRC (if I recall/remember/read correctly) the Dean Single 'Duke of Connaught' took over from 'City of Truro' and broke the record Bristol to London (I think 99 minutes or thereabouts in 1904) and also a darn useful avoiding line for the Castle Cary route and the Midland route (when there was a Midland route).



The dreadful Spine road is fortunately high above the Marsh line and I am sure reconnection could be achieved.  It will one day.

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« Reply #46 on: May 03, 2013, 21:42:11 »

I often walk over that Spine Road bridge on my way from home to savage travail at work. It is interesting at times, but a little unsettling when busy. I share swrural's distaste for Avonmeads, with the exception of Marks & Sparks, and the cinema. The rest can go to blazes. I'm looking forward to seeing swrural's picture!
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« Reply #47 on: May 29, 2013, 20:51:48 »

Bristol City Council have applied (to themselves, of course) for planning permission to demolish the 19th-century bits of the (derelict) GWR (Great Western Railway) Staff Association building at Temple Meads (go to http://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/ and search for 13/02251/LD). The demolition of rest of it is covered by 12/04188/FB and 12/04189/LA.

No bad thing, I'd say: been an eyesore for years.
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« Reply #48 on: May 29, 2013, 21:44:43 »

They're not the only ones starting work around there. News comes to me in a press release from University of Bristol, of plans to create an Enterprise Hub in the Brunel Engine Shed.

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Work to transform Brunel^s terminal for the Great Western Railway into a 21st century launch pad for a new generation of businesses is underway.

Rydon Construction has been appointed in a deal between Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol to refurbish Brunel^s Grade 1 Listed Engine Shed into a business and innovation centre for fast-growing technology firms.



The building will be transformed from its previous use, as the former home of the Empire and Commonwealth Museum, into a permanent base for 20 companies and will provide the resources and facilities for a further 40, including a business lounge at the centre of the building.

It will be managed by Bristol SETsquared Centre ^ the University^s double award-winning business incubator - who will take the majority of the space to provide premium serviced offices for its early-stage technology businesses.

Nick Sturge, Director of the Bristol SETsquared Centre which is currently based at University Gate East in Clifton, said: ^This is such an exciting project, both for the University^s SETsquared Centre but also for the Bristol and Bath city region, and we are delighted that work is now underway to deliver the iconic space that we have planned for.^

The project is funded principally by Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol, together with central government funding via City Deal. A total of ^1.5 million is being invested to breathe new life into the Engine Shed.

Paul Barber, South West Regional Director of Rydon Construction, said: "We welcome the challenge to work on this unique building and play our role, as a locally based contractor, in presenting Bristol as a focal point for UK (United Kingdom) business and innovation.

^Drawing on our experience on complex projects in this region, Rydon will work closely with SETsquared, the University of Bristol and the Council to ensure we manage the build considerately and respectfully so this Grade 1 Listed structure is preserved as it begins its new life.^

The building will also house the new West of England^s shared inward investment service Invest in Bristol and Bath.

Work to the Brunel building forms part of the Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, a 70-hectare regeneration programme centred around Temple Meads railway station, to create a new, superbly connected entry to Bristol and a hub for creative, high technology, specialist engineering and low carbon companies in the centre of Bristol. Over the next 25 years, the Enterprise Zone aims to attract more than 400 firms and create over 17,000 new jobs.

This looks like the first scheme to take advantage of Enterprise Zone incentives and city deal money. I like the idea of the building being restored and used, and I'm sure the job will be done sympathetically. A modern hi-tech idea like this, though, needs a BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) stop nearby. They've missed a trick there.
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« Reply #49 on: July 05, 2013, 19:35:34 »

From the Bristol Post website...

A new ^100m vision for Bristol's Temple Meads

A VISION of how Brunel^s historic Temple Meads Station could look in the future has been unveiled.

Network Rail, the landlords of the historic building, are planning a radical ^100 million revamp of the Victorian structure as part of work to regenerate the area around the station.


The new plan for Temple Meads

The improvements will be the biggest overhaul seen at the station for more than 140 years ^ and could even include the removal of the existing ramp leading up to the station.

The plans are still in a very early stage and discussions are due to take place with key organisations such as English Heritage but the outlines of the scheme are starting to emerge.

 
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The aim is to complete all the work by the end of 2019, two years after the electrification of the London to Bristol rail line has been completed.

Details emerged at a conference held in Brunel^s Passenger Shed yesterdayTHU.

Delegates were shown proposals which would include the creation of a new entrance at the side of the station building, a subway and a new glass front.

The early drawings also show plans for a new pedestrian square at the front of the station, which would replace the existing concourse.

Around 300 delegates at the conference looking at the progress being made in the Enterprise Zone were given a sneak preview of the station plans.

There were also updates on the work being done to bring a 12,000 seater stadium to Bristol. The audience was told negotiations with an operator were well under way. Work on improving on access to the land earmarked for the arena is due to start within a matter of months.

Mike Gallop, from Network Rail, is part of the team drawing up plans to transform Temple Meads.

He said: ^Temple Meads set the template for modern commercial stations across the world. It was built as a driver for trade and commerce and that blueprint is what we are trying to recreate today.

^We want to link Bristol to London and the rest of the country and, at the same time, we will be recreating the engine of trade and commerce.

^There is a case for Bristol Temple Meads to be redeveloped to meet future passenger demand and to unlock the potential of the land asset around it, so that it supports the aspirations of Bristol Enterprise Zone and city council.

^However, the task to do so will be enormous. There are the considerations of building on a live railway, meeting the government^s efficiencies target and overcoming constraints posed by a heritage structure.^

Paul Wilson, below, the chief executive of the Local Enterprise Partnership, is overseeing the Enterprise Zone and the work being done in the area.

He revealed that negotiations are ^very much^ in progress to bring in an operator to run the long-awaited indoor arena, in the hope that the 12,000-seater venue opens within four years^ time.

The plans will also include a new passenger interchange at the side of the station, which would connect Temple Meads to the rest of the city^s public transport network.

A spokesman for the enterprise zone said: ^The station approach ramp is extremely congested, with conflicting vehicle movements, which Network Rail and Bristol City Council are hoping to improve.

^A successful passenger transport interchange will provide a seamless end-to-end journey between all modes of transport, including cycling and walking.^

George Ferguson has already pledged that an arena will be built before his term as Bristol^s first elected mayor comes to an end.

A feasibility study has been carried out for an arena on the former diesel depot site near the station.

The study found that there is support and demand for an arena, along with interest from leading operators in the entertainment sector.
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« Reply #50 on: July 28, 2013, 00:35:12 »

At Temple Meads today during a cloudburst; I suddenly realised how badly neglected the roof is - more leaks than Julian Assange! Rain was pouring though in several places; I'm guessing that this was mostly down to blocked gutters. Sheets of water were streaming down the main wall into the western end of the subway, making the floor slippery and dangerous. Then I looked up at the main train shed roof, which I well remember after its restoration in (was it?) the 80's; I hadn't realised how filthy it has become.

Can we hope that when the wires come in and the mail conveyor is removed, they put aside a few quid to keep the roof clean and the gutters swept?
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« Reply #51 on: July 28, 2013, 02:12:08 »


Can we hope that when the wires come in and the mail conveyor is removed, they put aside a few quid to keep the roof clean and the gutters swept?

I would guess that the original design did not consider ease of maintenance using methods we would find economical and acceptable today. I hope someone does think about this particular ha'porth of tar.
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« Reply #52 on: July 28, 2013, 22:06:36 »

Not only the main train shed, but on some of the other platform canopies the glazed sections are so filthy that they no longer let in any light, and look as though moss has grown on them.  I appreciate it's probably not a simple job to clean them off, but when you think how proud NR» (Network Rail - home page) and FGW (First Great Western) are at the Span 4 restoration, maybe they should pay a bit more care to other aspects of their station infrastructure.
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« Reply #53 on: February 28, 2014, 23:35:49 »

^21m Temple Quarter transport investment - so where's the interchange?   My 'Stockwood Pete' blog at http://stockwoodpete.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/whatever-isnt-happening-at-temple-meads.html
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« Reply #54 on: March 01, 2014, 23:18:51 »

Haven't seen the plans yet, or anything nearing a "General Arrangement" concept drawing, but you'd sincerely hope that some kind of joined up transport plan would have some influence on the Temple Meads/quarter/arena redevelopment......
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« Reply #55 on: March 03, 2014, 20:58:42 »

Apparently Plot 6, the obvious place for a bus/rail interchange that could share the station's new passenger facilities, is not in Network Rail's plans.   They have spoken, though, of an 'interchange' more like that in Old Market.   A couple of new bus stops, in fact!

I think the LEP» (Local Enterprise Partnership - about), who are leading the 'partnership' of different public agencies, including Network Rail, that's building a 'strategic vision' for the whole Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, don't have a proper transport hub on their agenda either.   The nearest we can get to their thinking is a 'fly-through' concept video complete with lots of artists impressions of waterside piazzas and coffee shops.   It's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3hAC3NyIvk .  Quite entertaining as an example of its craft, but probably created more as a marketing tool than to inform.

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« Reply #56 on: March 03, 2014, 21:03:52 »

Thank you for your very thought-provoking comments here, Pete Goodwin - and may I offer you a very warm welcome to the Coffee Shop forum!  Cheesy
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« Reply #57 on: March 03, 2014, 22:57:20 »

I echo Chris from Nailsea's welcome, Pete. I also followed the links from your Stockwood Pete blog for the Cabinet meeting, as I live close to the putative Callington Road link, formerly the railway. I am pleased that plans to use it for a two-lane road or a Bust Rabid Transit route have now been binned. A cyclepath, so long as it is done on the understanding that it can be brought back into public transport use in the future, is not a bad idea, and will protect the value of my home from having a main road three streets down the hill. My admittedly not entirely altruistic take on this project won't be shared by everyone. Some had campaigned long for a road, as our trusty source of truth the Bristol Post from some four years back shows.
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« Reply #58 on: June 03, 2014, 15:37:16 »

Looks like things are moving along fast at Temple Meads now. Spoke to a few guys from a demolition company doing the final visit before moving in to demolish the old post office bridge.
Anyone have ant news on the roof replacment?
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« Reply #59 on: June 04, 2014, 21:53:50 »

That will be a good start. Hopefully the adjacent eyesore won't be far behind, though that won't be Network Rail (NR» (Network Rail - home page))'s problem.

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