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« Reply #135 on: April 04, 2024, 14:57:35 » |
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There's been visible progress since I last took a picture from the same location so I thought that I'd post one from today to show the difference.
The access is coming on as well but as it was a tad busy there I decided best not to get in the way to take a picture.... perhaps save that for a sunny evening when it's quiet.
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« Reply #136 on: April 15, 2024, 21:08:23 » |
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It was a nice enough evening to have a quick look at the access works to the station after the orange clad ones had gone home and take a few pictures.
The excavations and landscaping are beginning to make sense now and hopefully a spell of drier weather will help accelerate the process.....the recent prolonged period of wet conditions can't have helped. Anyway here's two photos of the works plus an overview shot of how the bridge and platforms are shaping up.
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« Reply #137 on: May 05, 2024, 17:10:17 » |
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Took a look yesterday when it was quiet to view the progress. The main visual changes now centre around the access work being undertaken at the bottom of Station Road. It's beginning to look a lot less like a bad day at The Somme with the bulk of the soil/mud excavation now seemingly completed and the installation of supporting structures being evident.
As usual, a few photos.
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« Reply #138 on: May 05, 2024, 21:07:39 » |
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« Reply #139 on: May 15, 2024, 19:06:11 » |
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Ten days of pretty decent weather since my previous visit has produced further progress, as is hopefully demonstrated by the pictures below showing further news excavations and the construction of supporting walls.
I also managed to find a more helpful vantage point to take the photos from.
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« Reply #141 on: May 24, 2024, 10:59:49 » |
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The race is on between who will finish first, the Network Rail Contractors for the station itself or Bristol City Council's contractors for the access works.
My money's on the NR» people.
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« Reply #143 on: June 22, 2024, 14:26:22 » |
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It's some while since I last took a few snaps of how things are going. I'd describe progress for the access works as steady rather than spectacular but the station looks like it's pretty much done.
Anyway, three photos from today showing where the steps have been cast and some of the supporting structures as well as more evened out ground.
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« Reply #144 on: June 22, 2024, 17:51:33 » |
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Excellent. I await the opening once the works have been finished and the usual 12 month bureaucracy has passed by. |
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« Reply #145 on: June 23, 2024, 10:55:47 » |
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the usual 12 month bureaucracy has passed by. What? Such reckless haste by our local authorities?  |
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« Reply #146 on: July 12, 2024, 16:26:56 » |
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Some photos from yesterday: Station entrance:  View from Station Rd, showing new steps and access ramps under construction:  |
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« Reply #147 on: July 23, 2024, 07:29:06 » |
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Note that an opening date of “late August / early September” is now being quoted - which seems commensurate with the progress on the ground visible from passing trains.
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« Reply #148 on: July 23, 2024, 13:49:37 » |
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Note that an opening date of “late August / early September” is now being quoted - which seems commensurate with the progress on the ground visible from passing trains.
Had a quick butchers at it yesterday and sadly the scene seems unchanged since the photo was taken ten days earlier. Going by that I'd say the opening date will be more like September to October. |
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« Reply #149 on: July 23, 2024, 16:46:24 » |
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I think that it’s in those intervening 10 days that the parapet visible in the last photo has been half demolished and reconstructed, presumably meaning it is now safe to do things where it might otherwise have fallen.
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