Date: 07/02/2023

Commuters between Portishead and Bristol are a step closer to benefitting from a new rail link as the project to restore the disused railway through North Somerset reaches a new milestone.

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Restoring Your Railway: contract signing brings Portishead to Bristol rail services a step closer

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Commuters between Portishead and Bristol are a step closer to benefitting from a new rail link as the project to restore the disused railway through North Somerset reaches a new milestone.

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This new station in Portishead, photographed in the summer of 1960, had a life of only ten years, (1954-1964). It was built to replace the previous station (shared with the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead light railway) which had been closed to make way for a new power station.
Location: Portishead [2nd]
Company: Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
/07/1960 John Thorn

Freightliner 66523 coasts past the closed station of Clifton Bridge towards Bristol on 15 February with a loaded coal train on the Portishead branch (reopened for freight traffic in 2001).
Location: Clifton Bridge
Company: Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
15/02/2008 Peter Todd

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