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| Bristol East remodelling, Summer 2021 30/01/2021 at 23:49 #136899 | |
DaveHarries
1285 posts |
Evening all, Members may be aware that, during much of the Summer 2021, a substantial amount of work is to be carried out between Bristol Temple Meads and Dr. Day's Junction / North Somerset Junction. The work will focus on revising the layout between Bristol East Junction and Bristol Temple Meads. According to info I have to hand it seems that the work will take up much of July as well as all of August and at least the first week or so of September and will, of course, make travelling through Bristol Temple Meads a bit of a nightmare. From what I understand: Saturday 10th July - Saturday 07th August: Filton lines closed. Saturday 07th August - Saturday 14th August: All lines closed. Platforms 8, 10, 12 and 15 at Bristol TM still accessible from the West, except Sunday 08th when all lines will be closed. Saturday 14th August - Tuesday 31st August: Main lines closed Not sure if this means the Bath lines or the Filton fast lines Tuesday 31st August - Saturday 04th September: All lines closed (again!) On yet another forum the EAS has this for week 15 (from 10th July): Quote: BRISTOL EAST 8 WEEK CORE BLOCKADE. PART 1 OF 8.NBS is "no booked services". Well of course 8 weeks takes us well past 08th August. The next part - Part 2 - starts with this comment for week 19: Quote: BRISTOL EAST 8 WEEK CORE BLOCKADE. PART 5 OF 8.The person who shared that says in his post that the final end date "appears to be 9th September. The details vary week by week, with different platforms being out of use. You'd need to go through the whole lot carefully to fund out exactly what's in use - or wait for the service information later." So that is that. I travel by train as part of my day job (key worker but not rail related) which takes me down to places such as Weymouth, Salisbury and Southampton so this Summer is going to be a nightmare! The plan in the attached image appeared on a forum and gives some idea of the layout changes. HTIOI, Dave 
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| Bristol East remodelling, Summer 2021 31/01/2021 at 00:37 #136900 | |
bill_gensheet
1413 posts |
From the same source, it looks to fall mainly into 2 'sessions' either side of 7/8 August, one for each half of the station/Filton lines. 10 July - 13 Aug no access to Temple Meads from Filton direction 9 Aug - 30 Aug no access to Temple Meads from Bath direction 31 Aug - 3 Sept Temple Meads shut. Apart from that changeover weekend, Cardiff - Portsmouth runs via the avoider throughout. There is some talk of through services via the depot for the 9-13 Aug week (ie Parkway - Weston). The need for that really depends on travel demands and the lurgy factor come August. From practical travel I'd be looking to start those journeys elsewhere if at all possible, say Parkway, Filton or Bath ? Bill Log in to reply |