More Trains for Redland?

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