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« Reply #165 on: June 26, 2023, 21:46:56 » |
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Wondering if Ashley Down is the hare to Portway Parkway's tortoise.....  |
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« Reply #166 on: July 13, 2023, 20:34:59 » |
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There's mention on the FoSBR» Facebook page that the delayed opening could be down to a dispute with who will be running the station. The poster in question relayed a comment, apparently from a member of GWR▸ , that the station was supposed to be the responsibility of Bristol City Council for the first three years and then become NR» 's responsibility but that now is being disputed by BCC» .
If it's true it really does give little room for optimism in the future for public rail transport in the region (and I've had to exercise great restraint in my wording for this paragraph).
I do so hope this is not true....but I've lived in Bristol for many years.
Edit to correct detail . The handover after three years is apparently to Network Rail rather than GWR.
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« Reply #167 on: July 14, 2023, 12:50:30 » |
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Well, I suppose if they delay the opening for 3 years…
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« Reply #168 on: July 19, 2023, 16:48:08 » |
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I drove past today - it looks very nice. For a P&R▸ station anyway.
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« Reply #169 on: July 21, 2023, 09:01:53 » |
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From discussions at Transport Focus on Wednesday - confirmation that no solid date is yet set. The nearest a presentation got to telling us was "summer". A tiny handful of tidy ups to be done; main things awaited are the completion and signing off of paper work - legals and contracts - complicated by the fact that access is not directly off the public realm highway, but through the Park and Ride which is owned /operated by someone else.
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« Reply #170 on: July 21, 2023, 20:57:49 » |
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From discussions at Transport Focus on Wednesday - confirmation that no solid date is yet set. The nearest a presentation got to telling us was "summer". A tiny handful of tidy ups to be done; main things awaited are the completion and signing off of paper work - legals and contracts - complicated by the fact that access is not directly off the public realm highway, but through the Park and Ride which is owned /operated by someone else.
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« Reply #171 on: July 21, 2023, 21:14:02 » |
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You would have thought that, given the original open date of 2013, someone might have looked at all that.
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« Reply #172 on: July 24, 2023, 15:40:08 » |
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Usually reliable sources suggest an opening day of 1st August
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« Reply #174 on: July 24, 2023, 16:41:00 » |
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Usually reliable sources suggest an opening day of 1st August
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #175 on: July 24, 2023, 20:03:25 » |
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I have been told opening for local dignitaries on the 31st July. First day of public service the following day.
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« Reply #176 on: July 24, 2023, 20:06:31 » |
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I have been told opening for local dignitaries on the 31st July. First day of public service the following day. Yep, hence So what are the local councillors diaries looking like for Monday 31st?  |
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« Reply #177 on: July 24, 2023, 21:18:10 » |
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Usually reliable sources suggest an opening day of 1st August
Very reliable, I'd say... I'm sure that it's totally unconnected to any Coffee Shop event today! I'm back in Bristol by then.... perhaps I should start looking online for a Redland to Portway return ticket for Aug 1st soon. |
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« Reply #178 on: July 24, 2023, 21:21:32 » |
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I have been told opening for local dignitaries on the 31st July. First day of public service the following day. Yep, hence So what are the local councillors diaries looking like for Monday 31st? I was backing you up! |
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« Reply #179 on: July 26, 2023, 09:41:55 » |
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After reports on this forum yesterday, I tried the GWR▸ app for a Portway ticket for the 1st Aug with no success. Different story this morning though, they seem available from the earliest services. I'll probably have a ride there on the first day but not, I think, at five something in the morning.
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