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« Reply #150 on: March 30, 2015, 20:33:22 » |
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« Reply #151 on: March 31, 2015, 09:05:33 » |
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Do not get me wrong, this work is fantastic and the removal of the conveyor really improves the view but do you think they will reinstate the newpaper boards in the gents? That is the change at BRI» I really notice the most  |
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« Reply #152 on: March 31, 2015, 21:53:57 » |
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I've noticed their absence too. Restoring them would surely would be a low cost improvement!
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« Reply #153 on: April 04, 2015, 18:18:28 » |
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The brick footing from platforms 1/3 has also now gone. Picture from 3rd April 2015:  Looking down the lift shaft hole where the subway linking the conveyor footings can be seen. |
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« Reply #154 on: April 05, 2015, 18:36:58 » |
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Saw a mini JCB parked inside what was left of the third building being tackled on Saturday evening. Going fast now.
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« Reply #155 on: April 05, 2015, 21:02:10 » |
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The brick footing from platforms 1/3 has also now gone. Picture from 3rd April 2015: Looking down the lift shaft hole where the subway linking the conveyor footings can be seen. Good to see all those protective barriers in place - that's one heck of a trip hazard!    |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #156 on: April 05, 2015, 22:11:26 » |
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I should add that from where I took the photo on P1 there was another high fence, the same as can be seen on the P3 side, and not just the low barrier in the foreground. I'd poked my camera phone through the mesh.
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« Reply #157 on: April 16, 2015, 00:07:30 » |
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All the brick footings have gone. Work continues apace filling in/covering over the holes. I know not whether the subway under the former mail conveyor is being permanently filled in or whether the holes are just being capped. Would seem short sighted to block it off for ever. Pictures from Monday 13th April 2015:   Just that concrete monstrosity beyond platform 15 to go. I'm partial to a bit of modernist architecture, but not that Royal Mail building - the 'For Sale' sign has been there for over a decade. That really is optimism on the part of Royal Mail... Hopefully the whole area to the east of Temple Meads will be sympathetically redeveloped as part of the Bristol Arena scheme. |
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« Reply #158 on: April 16, 2015, 10:40:36 » |
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I know not whether the subway under the former mail conveyor is being permanently filled in or whether the holes are just being capped. Would seem short sighted to block it off for ever.
Planning application 14/03806/LA includes detailed drawings of how the lift shafts will be capped - not filled in. |
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« Reply #159 on: April 23, 2015, 22:43:11 » |
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Progress indeed. Now I'm looking for Network Rail's more concrete plans for their exciting ideas for TM‡. So far, so little. Massive ambitions for the next few years but it's all seemingly no more than that. Other stations have grand intentions well announced, TM seems to be a rather quieter affair.
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« Reply #160 on: April 23, 2015, 23:20:43 » |
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Well we've got the knitting coming, the closure and removal of Bristol Panel, and the reopening to passenger trains of the Digby-Wyatt extension to the original trainshead.
Passenger facilities are where major improvements are needed. As far as I'm aware, nothing has been confirmed for improving the ticket buying facilities, improving passenger flow (P3 to subway to in particular), increasing retail outlets, a better interchange for buses, taxis and private cars, and so on.
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« Reply #161 on: April 24, 2015, 09:45:24 » |
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I share johnneyw's concern - given the glacial nature of the planning and development process used for rail-related projects, you'd be forgiven for hoping we'd have seen some sort of detail by now, but to date all we have is the rather vague impressions you can get from sites like this http://www.bristoltemplequarter.com/about-the-zone/spatial-framework/3d-fly-through ). I'm guessing there will be quite a long consultation phase before they start altering the fabric of Temple Meads - when will that start? Meanwhile, at least the roof's stopped leaking - but only because it hasn't rained for a while. |
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« Reply #162 on: April 26, 2015, 22:31:40 » |
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BNM, thanks for reminding me how good Turner's Rain Steam and Speed painting is, second only to his "The Fighting Temeraire" in my books.
RS, I've heard that about ^100m has been put in place for the TM‡ redevelopment. Don't actually know if this is just a proposal or the cash is on the table but if it was I'd be going all out to showcase the plans. I guess you are right that nothing will be promised until the consultation process has taken it's customary geological timescales.
BTW▸ , I've learnt to treat the TM leaking roof as a "water feature".
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« Reply #163 on: April 27, 2015, 13:39:26 » |
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Well we've got the knitting coming, the closure and removal of Bristol Panel, and the reopening to passenger trains of the Digby-Wyatt extension to the original trainshead.
Passenger facilities are where major improvements are needed. As far as I'm aware, nothing has been confirmed for improving the ticket buying facilities, improving passenger flow (P3 to subway to in particular), increasing retail outlets, a better interchange for buses, taxis and private cars, and so on.
There will have to be a re-siting of the TVMs▸ currently in the car park. Whether the ticket office and travel centre stay in their current form, but with trains to left and right, remains to be seen. Given that DfT» want to do away with paper tickets, there could be significant changes to come. |
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« Reply #164 on: April 27, 2015, 18:25:54 » |
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Noting Mr Red Squirrel's musical taste, perhaps 'Close to the Edge' is rather appropriate?
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