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« Reply #105 on: February 16, 2016, 22:20:59 »

It is to be replaced. That is going to be fun! Until July, I shall be working next to it, and shall watch with interest.
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« Reply #106 on: February 17, 2016, 00:59:10 »

It is to be replaced.

Quite frankly, it may even have collapsed in the meantime.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #107 on: February 17, 2016, 09:24:05 »

In past jobs elsewhere in the country, the new bridge has been built alongside the site, then rolled into place. I'm not sure there is room here, with the M32 on one side and the station on the other side. Given that the road was closed for nearly 2 weeks for the pointing and truss rod work to the stone bridge, I have a feeling that there will be another closure to allow for craning of the main component parts. I had hoped to see a temporary line from Dr Days junction for removal of scrap and delivery of new components, track, ballast etc.

Easton Road bridge, taking the road over the railway, is the next major structure towards Temple Meads. That is to be replaced. The road is now closed until 8 April. A temporary bridge is being constructed to carry pedestrians and utilities. I believe the bridge will then be demolished and the new deck beams put into place during a late May Bank Holiday 76 hour possession, with work then continuing until early 2017. Details are in Network Rail's City of Bristol information page. The February newsletter gives more information, as does the letter to residents.

The new four-tracked railway will not be electrified when it first opens, but provision is obviously going to be made to make that part as easy as possible.
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« Reply #108 on: February 17, 2016, 09:37:07 »

From FT,N!'s pictures, it looks like they are levelling a largish area adjacent to the gas facility immediately to the north-west of the M32. Would it be reasonable to assume that the new bridge will largely be assembled there, and then slid into place? Sounds easy if you say it quickly...
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« Reply #109 on: February 17, 2016, 09:40:02 »


Easton Road bridge, taking the road over the railway, is the next major structure towards Temple Meads. That is to be replaced. The road is now closed until 8 April. A temporary bridge is being constructed to carry pedestrians and utilities. I believe the bridge will then be demolished and the new deck beams put into place during a late May Bank Holiday 76 hour possession, with work then continuing until early 2017. Details are in Network Rail's City of Bristol information page. The February newsletter gives more information, as does the letter to residents.

Thanks for that information on the Easton Rd over bridge. I was merely guessing about the reason for the adjacent scaffold bridge. I guess this will be extended over the operational railway imminently.
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« Reply #110 on: February 17, 2016, 09:50:28 »

Looks like things could be fun over the next  12 months or so on the M32.  Be glad when the roadworks are done sick to death of my coach being delayed when I drive along that stretch.

gonna be fun tonight since I am coming into Bristol around 1815.

Anyway like many of us I will be glad to see the 4 tracking done down Filton Bank it cant come soon enough and should help sort out reliability of services
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« Reply #111 on: February 17, 2016, 11:30:41 »

Looks like things could be fun over the next  12 months or so on the M32.  Be glad when the roadworks are done sick to death of my coach being delayed when I drive along that stretch.

gonna be fun tonight since I am coming into Bristol around 1815.

Anyway like many of us I will be glad to see the 4 tracking done down Filton Bank it cant come soon enough and should help sort out reliability of services

Those roadworks are for the stupid MetroBust. I don't think the four-tracking work will impact on the M32. The bridge over that is OK, with maybe a lick of paint.
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« Reply #112 on: February 17, 2016, 11:59:09 »

I am sure we will all be glad to see the 4 tracks being used and better rail services
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« Reply #113 on: February 17, 2016, 12:49:27 »

I am sure we will all be glad to see the 4 tracks being used and better rail services

I certainly will, but you knew that already.

This really is the key to all the other planned improvements. Filton Abbey Wood and Parkway will both gain a platform. Parallel moves out of Parkway for Bristol and South Wales will be possible, and there will be room for stopping services from Cardiff, Henbury and Severn Beach, providing a decent coverage of the local stations.
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« Reply #114 on: February 17, 2016, 16:04:27 »

It is to be replaced
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« Reply #115 on: February 21, 2016, 08:49:48 »

Has anyone seen plans for upgrading Filton Abbey Wood.  Is that to be tracks?  How many Platforms?

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« Reply #116 on: February 21, 2016, 10:34:04 »

Has anyone seen plans for upgrading Filton Abbey Wood.  Is that to be tracks?  How many Platforms?


No track drawings that I have found, but the latest description still refers to an additional platform there.  That implies four tracking all the way from Dr Days Jn to just north of Filton Abbey Wood where presumably the four tracking becomes two pairs, one towards Bristol Parkway, and the other towards Patchway?

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« Reply #117 on: February 21, 2016, 20:04:57 »

My reading of the situation too, paul7755. That would mean a split at Abbey Wood, with two platforms for Wales and two for Parkway and beyond, if that was the best way of running things.
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« Reply #118 on: February 21, 2016, 20:49:58 »

The last (and first) time the line was made up from two to four tracks, less than 100 years ago, Filton Junction station already had four platforms. That had been done when the junction at Filton, and the line from Westerleigh to Avonmouth, were built not long before the WW1. The line was evidently operated as two pairs not just at Filton but after that down into Bristol too. Whether that sheds any light on what is the preferred design now is another matter altogether.

PS: I see that the West Loop (SW chord) was also double track, but the NW chord was an embankment with no track until well after WW2.
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« Reply #119 on: February 22, 2016, 14:50:29 »

Are there any diagrams/drawings of the proposed plans by Networking Rail for the four track, especially arrangements at Filton Abbey Wood and the Bristol Temple Mead ends?
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