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« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2020, 10:37:48 »

How about electrifying onwards to Bristol....... Roll Eyes
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2020, 06:53:58 »

How about electrifying onwards to Bristol....... Roll Eyes

As a local input, very welcome I suspect.  As a job for volunteers, I suspect not.
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2020, 20:52:50 »

How about electrifying onwards to Bristol....... Roll Eyes

As a local input, very welcome I suspect.  As a job for volunteers, I suspect not.

I was thinking more along the lines of persuading those who oppose the station footbridge being altered, to allow the electrification to be extend onwards westwards......
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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2020, 15:04:25 »

I'm not sure that anybody is opposing the alterations to the footbridge (I am on the committe of FOCS so I should know if someone has)

As understand it, it is simply a case of not worth spending the money on it until electrification is authorised through to Bath
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