Something I missed earlier was that
WECA» 's Strategic Rail Plan contains plans to reinstate four tracks through Bedminster Station (see
https://bit.ly/3eonMn2, P.46):
Under 'New schemes to be developed in the 10 Year Rail Delivery Plan and delivered 2030 to 2045', we have:
Future timetable increases to the South - Increase capacity and improve resilience for new MetroWest services between Portishead and BTM▸
Bristol to Exeter CMSP. Bristol West Junction Enhancement.
Four tracking Bristol Temple Meads to Parson Street. Passenger and train capacity at Bristol Temple Meads.
When Filton Bank was re-quadrified, Stapleton Road and Lawrence Hill Stations (which had had four-platforms) were reconfigured as two-platform stations on the new relief lines, with the main lines bypassing them.
It has been proven more than once(!) that it's above my pay grade to try to second-guess Network Rail, but does it not seem likely that both Bedminster and Parson Street stations might get rejigged in a similar way, with the northern tracks becoming the relief lines and the platforms on the new mains being demolished?
Do any members have a view on this? Have I got the wrong end of the stick?