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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MetroWest (Bristol) (section Thornbury Branch Line)
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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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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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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Cross Country Route Thornbury branch line Yate South Wales Main Line New Passage Pier Westerleigh Junction New Passage Halt Cross Hands Halt Pilning Severn...
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Cross Country Route (redirect from Bristol-Birmingham-Derby Line)
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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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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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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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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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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Bristol and Gloucester Railway (redirect from Bristol to Gloucester Line)
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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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 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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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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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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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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Paul (June 2012). Abell, Paul (ed.). "Severn Beach: Not your typical branch line!". Today's Railways UK (126). Sheffield: Platform 5: 42–47. Maggs, Colin...
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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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Deaves, Phil. "Engineers' Line References: POD Portishead Branch". Retrieved 13 October 2015. Deaves, Phil. "Engineers' Line References: MLN1 Paddington...
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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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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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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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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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and Lockleaze in the north of Bristol, England. It was located on the main line from Bristol to South Wales. It was served by stopping trains to Severn Beach...
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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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Pilning railway station (category South Wales Main Line)
Deaves, Phil. "Engineers' Line References: AMB - Avonmouth Branch". Retrieved 22 July 2018. Deaves, Phil. "Engineers' Line References: PNZ - (Pilning...
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goods yard in Bristol and opened in 1870, the company having opened the line from Mangotsfield into Bath the previous year. The station was sited close...
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