White water filled barriers have been place up Filton bank from the access point by the Ford dealership up to Horfield Station
I only had the phone with me, but here are some pictures. Firstly, from the bridge at Lockleaze Road looking towards Temple Meads:
![](http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/Boyamijealous_7108a707/Filton%20and%20Horfield/20150217_131238_zpsiiiosck4.jpg)
This is the site preferred by many, myself included, for the new Horfield Station, possible under Phase 2 of MetroRail West (or is it MetroWest Rail?). I do not think the orange jackets are involved in building a station just yet.
From the opposite side of the road, looking towards Filton, the row of white plastic is clearer to see:
![](http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/Boyamijealous_7108a707/Filton%20and%20Horfield/20150217_131142_zpsks3abxi8.jpg)
I don't recall how it looked recently, but it seems to me that at least some clearance work has taken place. Now, before the nesting season, is the right time, and I hope that johnnyw's opinion is a little overly-pessimistic. The bridge at Bonnington Walk, at the site of the former Horfield Station, is visible.
Speaking of which, here is the view from that bridge towards Temple Meads. The slew (or is it slue - I have seen both) of the track is clear.
![](http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/Boyamijealous_7108a707/Filton%20and%20Horfield/20150217_131612_zpsw2nl1v1o.jpg)
Was that done at the time the third line from Abbey Wood was installed? There is room for two more lines easily. What are the wire cages for - just to hold rubbish?
Looking towards Abbey Wood from the same bridge:
![](http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/Boyamijealous_7108a707/Filton%20and%20Horfield/20150217_131649_zpswcr4zctj.jpg)
there is a wide open vista. I don't know if those electricity pylons are due for replacement as part of the refurb of the National Grid. What is clear that there is a source of supply to transformers for the 25KV OHLE, if it works that way.
I am looking forward to a ramping up of work in the summer. There is little point in cutting back the Beeching Forest* just to let it grow again, so I assume these parts will be a hive of activity**.
(*Not strictly accurate, but it does seem a good generic term for those bits of former railway left to grow naturally)
(** I don't want any bees harmed in the requadrification of this railway. Wasps are another matter, despite their clear place in the pollenation shenanigans)