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    The Thornbury branch line is a railway line from Yate to Thornbury in the West of England. From 1963 until mid 2013, it remained as a freight route, serving...
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    referred to as MetroWest++. The options outlined include reopening the Thornbury Branch Line, a Yate to Bath route, the use of tram train technology, a link...
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    as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The former Yate to Thornbury railway branch line passes through the south of the village, with two bridges in...
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    vaccination. Thornbury was once the terminus of a Midland Railway (later LMS) branch line from Yate on the Bristol to Gloucester main line, with intermediate...
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    uses parts of the South Wales Main Line, Midland Main Line, Swinton–Doncaster line, and the East Coast Main Line. Major cities and towns served along...
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    rehearsal space for theatre and performance companies, and Equity has a branch in the city. The city has many venues for live music, its largest the 2...
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  • and Bath branch line was a railway line opened by the Midland Railway Company in 1869 to connect Bath to its network at Mangotsfield, on its line between...
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    Road, Lawrence Hill and Bristol Temple Meads on the way south. When the line is fully open, northbound trains will also call at North Filton and Henbury...
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    sidings. This line is still in use today. It is the junction station for the Thornbury Branchline, however the passenger stations on this branch have long...
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    station had two short platforms on the main line with a very short and sharply curved platform on the branch. Goods facilities were limited, but included...
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    The station was resited in 1869 to serve the new Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line, and became an important junction station with extensive facilities and...
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  • the line was built from Makarewa on the Kingston Branch to Riverton via Thornbury, the Wairio Branch junction, and opened on 9 June 1879. The line was...
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    Industrial Railway Society 1983, p. 59, 148 & 152. "Peckett 1630". Pukemiro Line. Retrieved 28 December 2010. Industrial Railway Society 1976, p. 11. "Marchia...
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  • referred to as MetroWest++. The options outlined include reopening the Thornbury Branch Line, a Yate to Bath route, the use of tram train technology, a link...
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    Thornbury railway station served the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. The station was the terminus of a short 7.5-mile (12 km) branch from Yate on...
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    The Henbury Loop Line, also known as the Filton to Avonmouth Line, is a railway line following the boundary between Bristol and South Gloucestershire...
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    March 2015. "First A400M wings for Royal Air Force leave for final assembly line". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 13 March 2015. Ribbeck, Michael (16 February...
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  • in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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  • operated by Hanson Aggregates, and is connected by rail on the Thornbury branch line. English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 13 July 2006)...
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  • referred to as MetroWest++. The options outlined include reopening the Thornbury Branch Line, a Yate to Bath route, the use of tram train technology, a link...
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    through Warmley, Oldland Common and Bitton when the Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line was opened in 1869. There was also a spur to Clifton Down, the Clifton...
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  • Invercargill split at Thornbury, with one branch going around the coast to Riverton and Tuatapere/Orawia, and the Wairio Branch going inland to the coal...
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    Bristol Temple Meads railway station (category Great Western Main Line)
    Fripp. The Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway opened a branch off the Bristol and Exeter line west of the city on 18 April 1867, the trains being operated...
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    Tytherington in South Gloucestershire. The station was on the Yate to Thornbury branch line that was opened by the Midland Railway in 1872. The station was...
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  • United Kingdom to permit bus lane use, following a campaign by the local branch of the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG). Motorcycles are also permitted to...
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    Bristol Parkway railway station (category South Wales Main Line)
    Paul (June 2012). Abell, Paul (ed.). "Severn Beach: Not your typical branch line!". Today's Railways UK (126). Sheffield: Platform 5: 42–47. "Taunton-bound...
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    park. In 1896 a new through station was constructed on the Tuffley Loop line on a site that had previously housed the Midland Railway engine shed. The...
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    Avonmouth Docks. The branch was joined at Ashley Hill junction, just beyond Narroways Hill, by a line which left the Midland main line at Kingswood Junction...
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  • The Midland Railway opened the Thornbury branch on 2 September 1872, from Yate. There was a short branch off the line to Frampton Cotterell where there...
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    the railway line between Filton and Avonmouth, and was situated on the western side of Gloucester Road (the present A38). The railway line between Stoke...
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