More Trains for Redland?
By Redland_Kumon | Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 11:26
Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways have been lobbying senior managers within Network Rail to increase the number and frequency of trains running on the Severn Beach line, which passes through Clifton, Redland and Montpelier stations.
Network Rail have proposed an hourly service but FOSBR have challenged this, claiming that increased use in recent years warrants a half-hourly service between Severn Beach and Temple Meads.
The local rail group have the backing of the West of England Partnership, who have themselves submitted a ten-year strategy for increased local rail service that includes:
- half hourly clock face services with separation of intercity, regional and local services
- a local network of cross city services linking Yate, Weston-super-Mare, Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads and Bath
- four car trains standard, with possible extension to six along with platform lengthening
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