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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.
(Permalink) Portishead  Clifton Bridge: 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).  Portishead [2nd]: 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 Por ... |
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The Department for Transport has granted planning consent for reinstatement of the railway between Portishead and Pill. This is the first passenger reopening to be approved using a Development Consent Order, which includes planning and environmental consent and compulsory land acquisition.
(Permalink) Pill Portishead Portishead [2nd]: 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 Por ... |
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The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) has confirmed that the cost of the project has risen to £152M, meaning an additional £25.5M is needed.
(Permalink) Portishead Portishead [2nd]: 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 Por ... |
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