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« Reply #135 on: January 15, 2015, 20:13:31 » |
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How spooky. I asked the contractors the exact same thing this morning! Got the same answer as you WP.  Should further improve the approaches to a beautiful station from the old smoke! |
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« Reply #136 on: January 17, 2015, 20:12:39 » |
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Some subsequent posts on this topic, which went off on a tangent, have been split off and moved to a new topic in 'the lighter side'.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #137 on: January 24, 2015, 09:13:31 » |
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There is a time lapse video of the work done to remove the conveyor belt at Temple Meads over Christmas on the Network Rail website under Greater Bristol. Impressive! A pity that the over running engineering works at Kings X and Paddington couldn't have been done at the same speed !
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« Reply #138 on: January 24, 2015, 10:19:57 » |
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Glad you liked it, chuffed: for the link, see post #131 above.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #139 on: February 14, 2015, 12:58:19 » |
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Not been to TM‡ for a while. Has anyone noticed if the brick footings of the removed conveyor bridge are being demolished yet?
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« Reply #140 on: February 14, 2015, 23:41:53 » |
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Not as of Tuesday 10 February.
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« Reply #141 on: March 16, 2015, 22:43:06 » |
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New on Netork Rail's Great Western Electification website pages, City of Bristol page:
"March 2015
After the successful removal of the conveyor belt, the next stage of modernisation works is to remove the old unused Royal Mail lift shafts. You will start to see the works commence from 16 March and they will continue for a number of weeks."
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« Reply #142 on: March 16, 2015, 23:15:27 » |
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I was at the Meads this morning there were a couple of Network Rail guys giving the building on Platform 11 a good coat of looking at .
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« Reply #143 on: March 17, 2015, 14:11:52 » |
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I was at the Meads this morning there were a couple of Network Rail guys giving the building on Platform 11 a good coat of looking at .
Important work, that. Ask anyone paid by the hour, and they'll tell you "It's all in the preparation". |
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« Reply #144 on: March 17, 2015, 14:20:49 » |
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Not been to TM‡ for a while. Has anyone noticed if the brick footings of the removed conveyor bridge are being demolished yet?
No, but the brick buildings all had a wooden canopy around them and when I passed through this morning I saw that some of those have been removed and some are being removed. I assume that the brick will be next once that is completed. It looks like the demolition hasn't stopped but rather is progressing slowly, presumably due to proximity of running lines. |
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« Reply #145 on: March 17, 2015, 16:23:35 » |
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No, but the brick buildings all had a wooden canopy around them and when I passed through this morning I saw that some of those have been removed and some are being removed. I assume that the brick will be next once that is completed. It looks like the demolition hasn't stopped but rather is progressing slowly, presumably due to proximity of running lines.
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« Reply #146 on: March 29, 2015, 19:54:55 » |
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The brick footings of the former mail conveyor are starting to disappear. The one at the end of platforms 5&7 has gone and others have been gutted. Photos from today (Sunday 29th March 2015):   |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #147 on: March 29, 2015, 22:39:49 » |
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It's looking better already, I hope the suggested plans to replace the old original daggerboard canopies are not dropped. Now, who can tell me how they got rid of the debris? Is it right that there is a tunnel under the old conveyor bridge that is being used for this? If so, is it going to be part of the new plans to redevelop TM‡ existing underground space to new uses? Likewise, has anyone heard of when the old signal office blocking the Digby Wyatt shed will be demolished to make way for it's reinstatement for the new electric trains? After all, the electrification is getting closer by the day and it would be a rather poor show for TM not to be ready for it when this all arrives...the clock is ticking and there's loads to do there.
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« Reply #148 on: March 29, 2015, 22:44:49 » |
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BTW▸ BNM, my good lady suggests some lowlights in the new hairdo! 
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« Reply #149 on: March 30, 2015, 17:37:29 » |
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johnneyw,
The demolition debris is being removed via the subway that links all of the platform buildings and then taken to the old GPO‡ site where it is sorted and transferred to skips for disposal.
As for the canopies, they are not being reinstated to their former length but the exposed gables will have dagger boards fixed to them.
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