New station at Ashley Down, Bristol

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[Chris from Nailsea]

That is indeed shocking! 

[brooklea]

Here's an example: 166220
... arrived at Filton Abbey Wood at 12:26 as 2H62
... ran as 5H63 to Bristol Parkway, platform 4
... coninued as 5H63 at 12:48 to Filtom Abbey Wood, arriving 12:52
... formed 2H63, the 12:54 to Bristol Temple Meads

I think I have mis-understood something then.  I believed that the reason the stopper up Filton Bank terminated rather oddly at Abbey Wood, one station before it would provide connections to London, Swansea, Birmingham and beyond was because of capacity issues at Bristol Parkway. And yet here it is buzzing in and out empty from platform 4.

5H63 terminated at Bristol Parkway today, and then ran back to Filton as 2H63, and then continuing on to Temple Meads
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:24369/2024-11-06/detailed
(Apologies for posting a link to a page that’ll expire in a few weeks time).

Partly filling a gap caused by the cancellation of 12:10 Gloucester to Westbury, but at least a sensible use of the resources available.

[johnneyw]

Picked up some prepaid tickets today from the machine at Ashley Down Station which just happened to be shortly after the Bristol Rovers match finished.  Although I couldn't see how many people had got on to the northbound service which pulled out as I arrived, there was still a steady stream of people arriving for both platforms including the Worcester Foregate service which pulled in two or three minutes behind the one that I just missed.  Looks like a fair few services in each direction were stopping there in the hour after the match and people were catching on to this.
Not sure what the home/away fan ratio was but the numbers seemed encouraging.

[TonyK]

Picked up some prepaid tickets today from the machine at Ashley Down Station which just happened to be shortly after the Bristol Rovers match finished.  Although I couldn't see how many people had got on to the northbound service which pulled out as I arrived, there was still a steady stream of people arriving for both platforms including the Worcester Foregate service which pulled in two or three minutes behind the one that I just missed.  Looks like a fair few services in each direction were stopping there in the hour after the match and people were catching on to this.
Not sure what the home/away fan ratio was but the numbers seemed encouraging.

It's a fair old schlep from Ashley Down to Lincoln. Respect to any Lincoln fans travelling by train, it isn't cheap or easy.

[johnneyw]

There's a local Bristol Beeb news article about an artist being sought to provide a mural at Ashley Down station to make it "more welcoming".  Personally I think that Ashley Down is okay as it is with other stations probably more in need of the four grand that seems to have been made available for the project.

Here's the link to the article in full.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e6jq9yxp1o.amp

[TonyK]

There's a local Bristol Beeb news article about an artist being sought to provide a mural at Ashley Down station to make it "more welcoming".  Personally I think that Ashley Down is okay as it is with other stations probably more in need of the four grand that seems to have been made available for the project.

Here's the link to the article in full.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e6jq9yxp1o.amp

A matter of opinion, I suppose, but I rather like the muriel at Stapleton Road (if it's still there). Why not here?

[johnneyw]

There's a local Bristol Beeb news article about an artist being sought to provide a mural at Ashley Down station to make it "more welcoming".  Personally I think that Ashley Down is okay as it is with other stations probably more in need of the four grand that seems to have been made available for the project.

Here's the link to the article in full.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e6jq9yxp1o.amp

A matter of opinion, I suppose, but I rather like the muriel at Stapleton Road (if it's still there). Why not here?

Yes, a muriel (you've got me at it now!) can be an enhancement but Ashley Down is still relatively new and fresh looking while other local stations appear distinctly more tired and so would benefit more greatly, I would argue, from a spot of refreshment.