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« Reply #120 on: December 24, 2014, 20:25:14 » |
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From ITV News: Work begins over Christmas to create new route to the West Disused royal mail conveyor will be removed from Bristol Temple Meads station on Christmas day Credit: ITV West CountryWork will begin at Bristol Temple Meads station tonight to remove the disused mail conveyor. It will begin the process of the electrification of the main line to the South West - which is expected to be finished by 2017. The work to remove the old Royal Mail conveyor will be finished while the station is closed on Christmas day. Last updated Sat 20 Dec 2014 Follow this link to see video of news report. Plus, from Bristol Post: Conveyor removed for work on wires THE Royal Mail conveyor is being dismantled at Temple Meads station. The conveyor was used to pass mail between the station and the Royal Mail's former sorting office next door, now derelict. The conveyor needs to be removed to make way for the overhead electric wires on the Great Western main line. A Network Rail spokeswoman said: "This removal is essential to make room for the overhead electric wires, paving the way for the arrival of longer, faster, quieter and greener electric trains by 2017." An army of some 2,500 engineers will be spending their Christmas Day, and the days that follow, working on the Western route ^ which connects London with the Thames Valley, the west and south west of England ^ to deliver improvements, including increased capacity and reduced journey times. Patrick Hallgate, Network Rail's managing director for the Western route, said: "Making the railway better is what we aim to do every day and our nationwide investment programme this Christmas, the biggest yet, is fully focussed on delivering a better service for passengers." Most of the work will have little impact on passengers, with much of it to be completed before services resume on Saturday. |
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« Reply #121 on: December 27, 2014, 14:33:31 » |
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I braved the bitter elephants to take a look. That huge crane stands easy, job done.  Plenty of cutting up to do before weighing the steel in:  But there it isn't - gone!  |
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« Reply #122 on: December 28, 2014, 19:52:57 » |
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Great pics, job done, looks so much better. Old 1970's brick footing buildings going soon?
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« Reply #123 on: December 28, 2014, 20:28:59 » |
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I have an undated picture of the conveyor in apparently good condition and want to date it if possible. I acquired a number of pictures at a Jumble Sale a few years back and they are not dated. I am guessing that it is 1970 or 1971, but can anybody confirm/deny this please?
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« Reply #124 on: December 28, 2014, 23:36:41 » |
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The only thing I have to add is that is was definitely the 1970's from my online research. I was a bit too young to notice the first time I trundled into Temple Meads in 1978! Does the Government Printing Office (GPO‡) have an archive?
Edit: VickiS - Clarifying acronym
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« Reply #126 on: December 29, 2014, 10:12:57 » |
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I don't know what it is about the Planning Portal, but it doesn't allow you to link in this way - you always have to go in 'from the top'... maybe it's their way of ensuring you get the latest version of things. |
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« Reply #127 on: December 29, 2014, 19:49:31 » |
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« Reply #128 on: December 30, 2014, 09:14:20 » |
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Nice pix BNM! For the record, I wasn't just about to upload a similar set!
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« Reply #129 on: December 30, 2014, 18:59:08 » |
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Excellent pix indeed, BNM. I was passing by, not travelling, so didn't have the access.
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« Reply #130 on: January 10, 2015, 21:20:58 » |
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Had a quick visit on the Severn Riviera Express to TM‡ from Redland today. Sad to see the planned removal of the old 1970's footing has not progressed, nor has the proposed Dec 2014 vegetation clearance on the Filton Bank seemed to have begun. The biggest disappointment was that the on train revenue collection on the Saturday services that I was on was again non existent.... both there and back again, despite large numbers of passengers.
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« Reply #132 on: January 13, 2015, 23:43:53 » |
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« Reply #133 on: January 14, 2015, 15:23:22 » |
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Work due to start on removing the buildings at the base of the conveyor in the next three weeks according to the chaps on site today whilst I was waiting to catch the sea mills express at lunchtime .
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« Reply #134 on: January 14, 2015, 15:39:02 » |
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How spooky. I asked the contractors the exact same thing this morning! Got the same answer as you WP.  |
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