Portishead Line reopening for passengers

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Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion

« Reply #1170 on: Today at 08:30:25 »

The location proposed in 2014 for Ashton Gate Station is about 500m closer to Parson St Jct that the old site, just south of Barons Close. All the details are here: https://travelwest.info/app/uploads/2020/05/MetroWest-Stations-Package-Ashton-Gate.pdf


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Re: Portishead Line Re-Opening confirmed ?

« Reply #1171 on: Today at 10:52:25 »

Quote from: chuffed on February 10, 2025, 19:02:41

Hopefully this is the final nail in the coffin for the
rubber matted Guided Bus Barry Cashway idea.....

I wouldn't be so sure of that.......

https://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/24927819.bus-service-makes-sense-expanding-portishead-rail/


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Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion

« Reply #1172 on: Today at 11:43:17 »

Mr Cash has never obviously travelled on the Translohr rubber tyred system of Clermont Ferrand. Not for the faint hearted or those of tender derrieres. I think that letter represents the last gasps of a dying enterprise.


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Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion

« Reply #1173 on: Today at 15:15:52 »

Yes, the content of Barry Cash’s letter is quite similar to his response to the DCO^▸ . I’ve tried to establish how big the membership of his Portishead Busway Campaign is, but as far as I can tell it’s just Barry.

I believe he lives in Bishopston, Bristol. So why he has devoted so much time and effort to try and deny Portishead it’s railway defeats me.

He recently had a letter published in a local freebie maligning the new station at Ashley Down (which is at least somewhere near where he lives!) so we can expect more of the same from him as MetroWest develops. For editors, he’s an easy go-to guy for the anti-rail angle.


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