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Severn Beach Line
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Bristol to Taunton Line 0.0 Bristol Temple Meads: coaches to airport 0.0 Floating Harbour Avon Street Gas Lane Kingsland Road A4320 St Philip's Causeway Great Western Main Line to Bath Barrow Road Ducie Road A420 Church Road Lawrence Hill Bristol to Bath Railway Path B4465 Easton Road Bannerman Road St Mark's Road Stapleton Road A432 Station Road M32 James Street / Glenfrome Road Narroways Hill Junction Footbridge Midland Railway - Bristol and Gloucester Railway Mina Road B4052 Ashley Hill Footbridge Montpelier Tunnel (288 yards (263 m)) Montpelier Sidings North Road A38 Cheltenham Road Kingsley Road Redland Road Redland Footbridge Redland Grove Hampton Road Hampton Park A4018 Whiteladies Road Clifton Down (passing loop) Sidings St John's Road Clifton Down Tunnel (1,751 yards (1,601 m)) Hotwells Footbridge A4 Portway Sea Mills River Trym Nibly Road Hung Road Shirehampton Station Road Portway Park and Ride - future station M5 Avonmouth Bridge Victoria Road level crossing Avonmouth (passing loop) Gloucester Road level crossing King Road Avenue level crossing St Andrews Road Avonmouth Docks Sidings Henbury Loop To Bristol Parkway Sidings Severn Beach B4064 Station Road Pilning B4055 Marsh Common Road B4055 Northwick Road A403 Severn Road Severn Tunnel South Wales Main Line to Cardiff

I feel that the diagram would make more sense working from Temple Meads to Severn Beach, rather than the other way round. Also, is it possible to add a greyed-in link to Pilning? -mattbuck (Talk) 20:24, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is possible, and we could simplify the route diagram at the same time. How so would this greyed-in link whatnot go and work? Kevin Steinhardt (talk) 20:40, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm working on a map atm, but just learning the syntax so bear with me. Will post it here once I get it done. -mattbuck (Talk) 23:00, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, that's my current draft. One niggle is that the tile in column 3 of the penultimate row isn't right - this is because the tile I want apparently doesn't exist yet (crossing, vertical tunnel, horizontal disused). It includes all old sidings and also the Hotwells station which was demolished when the Portway was built. For the disused bit, I'm also a bit dubious about some of the crossings - I don't know which existed when the track was actually there, so made a guess. Oh, and Pilning interchange is too large. Comments? -mattbuck (Talk) 03:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but no; most certainly no. *draws his own draft* Kevin Steinhardt (talk) 19:16, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, it was my first attempt at anything like this, and I don't think it's that good either. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Severn Beach Line
Severn Beach Henbury Loop St Andrews Road King Road Avenue level crossing Avonmouth level crossing Avonmouth M5/Avonmouth Bridge Portway Park and Ride (future station) Shirehampton River Trym Sea Mills Clifton Down Tunnel (1751 yards) Clifton Down Redland Montpelier Bristol and Gloucester Railway Cross Country Route and South Wales Main Line M32 motorway Stapleton Road Lawrence Hill Great Western Main Line Bristol Temple Meads Bristol to Taunton Line

That's okay; please do stick to design standards, and don't overcomplicate things. Here's what I was thinking. Kevin Steinhardt (talk) 19:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My issue is that currently it seems to be very strange about what it omits and what it allows - what makes the M32 worth mentioning but the A38 not? Also, why put in level crossings over what are frankly pretty minor roads, when something like one train every 2hrs actually crosses them. I'd still like to see the old Pilning and Hotwells stations mentioned though - Hotwells was why the line was started in the first place. That and IMO it should still be the other way up :p -mattbuck (Talk) 19:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Let's try stations and major junctions, and work from there. Kevin Steinhardt (talk) 19:42, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I'll probably be starting a Hotwells station page soonish, so it won't be redlinked too long. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:56, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have created a Hotwells railway station article - feel free to add. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I haven't heard of this before. Not saying you are wrong, do you know where it was? Jezhotwells (talk) 16:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's in my book on Bristol Railway Stations 1840-2005 by Mike Oakley, so I assume he knows what he's on about. It was open from 1917-1922 as a commuter service for dockers. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:28, 3 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't just another name for Hotwells (formerly Clifton) station is it? The maps on both the Hotwells railway station and Hotwells Halt railway station articles show the same location. Jezhotwells (talk) 09:09, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's because I used the Hotwells article as a template and forgot to remove it. I don't know the precise location. -mattbuck (Talk) 10:27, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]