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Bristol East remodelling, Summer 2021 30/01/2021 at 23:49 #136899
DaveHarries
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Evening all,

Members may be aware that, during much of the Summer 2021, a substantial amount of work is to be carried out between Bristol Temple Meads and Dr. Day's Junction / North Somerset Junction. The work will focus on revising the layout between Bristol East Junction and Bristol Temple Meads.

According to info I have to hand it seems that the work will take up much of July as well as all of August and at least the first week or so of September and will, of course, make travelling through Bristol Temple Meads a bit of a nightmare. From what I understand:

Saturday 10th July - Saturday 07th August: Filton lines closed.

Saturday 07th August - Saturday 14th August: All lines closed.
Platforms 8, 10, 12 and 15 at Bristol TM still accessible from the West, except Sunday 08th when all lines will be closed.

Saturday 14th August - Tuesday 31st August: Main lines closed
Not sure if this means the Bath lines or the Filton fast lines

Tuesday 31st August - Saturday 04th September: All lines closed (again!)

On yet another forum the EAS has this for week 15 (from 10th July):

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BRISTOL EAST 8 WEEK CORE BLOCKADE. PART 1 OF 8.

MAJOR TIMETABLE AMENDMENTS REQUIRED.

THROUGH ROUTE AVAILABLE VIA RHUBARB CURVES THROUGHOUT [APART FROM DURING NBS PERIOD].

SERVICES BETWEEN FILTON BANK AND TEMPLE MEADS TO REVERSE IN BRISTOL EAST DEPOT AREA [APART FROM DURING NBS PERIOD].

NO ACCESS TO BARTON HILL DEPOT FOR DURATION.
NBS is "no booked services".

Well of course 8 weeks takes us well past 08th August. The next part - Part 2 - starts with this comment for week 19:

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BRISTOL EAST 8 WEEK CORE BLOCKADE. PART 5 OF 8.

MAJOR TIMETABLE ALTERATIONS REQUIRED.

FROM 0100 SAT NO ACCESS TO TEMPLE MEADS FROM THE EAST / FILTON BANK. THROUGH ROUTE AVAILIBLE VIA
RHUBARB CURVES. PLATFORMS 8, 10, 12 AND 15 AVAILABLE AS WEST FACING BAYS ONLY. NO ROUTE EXISTS
THROUGH TEMPLE MEADS.

0100 SUN TO 0400 MON

NO ACCESSS TO TEMPLE MEADS.

SERVICES TO WEST OF ENGLAND TO DIVERT VIA WESTBURY.

SERVICES TO TERMINATE AT BATH SPA.

NO SERVICES ON FILTON BANK OR SEVERN BEACH BRANCH.

RAIL REPLACEMENT SERVICES REQUIRED.

ACCESS TO BBHT, AVONMOUTH AND SEVERNSIDE SITA VIA CHARLTON TUNNEL / HALLEN MARSH JN ONLY.

ACCESS TO ST PHILLIPS MARSH DEPOT VIA BRISTOL WEST ONLY, TO/FROM COUNTRY.

FROM 0400 MON

NO ACCESS TO TEMPLE MEADS FROM THE EAST / FILTON BANK. THROUGH ROUTE AVAILABLE VIA
RHUBARB CURVES. PLATFORMS 8, 10, 12 AND 15 AVAILABLE AS WEST FACING BAYS ONLY. NO ROUTE EXISTS
THROUGH TEMPLE MEADS.

NO ACCESS TO BARTON HILL DEPOT FOR DURATION.
The person who shared that says in his post that the final end date "appears to be 9th September. The details vary week by week, with different platforms being out of use. You'd need to go through the whole lot carefully to fund out exactly what's in use - or wait for the service information later."

So that is that. I travel by train as part of my day job (key worker but not rail related) which takes me down to places such as Weymouth, Salisbury and Southampton so this Summer is going to be a nightmare! The plan in the attached image appeared on a forum and gives some idea of the layout changes.

HTIOI,
Dave

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Bristol East remodelling, Summer 2021 31/01/2021 at 00:37 #136900
bill_gensheet
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From the same source, it looks to fall mainly into 2 'sessions' either side of 7/8 August, one for each half of the station/Filton lines.
10 July - 13 Aug no access to Temple Meads from Filton direction
9 Aug - 30 Aug no access to Temple Meads from Bath direction
31 Aug - 3 Sept Temple Meads shut.

Apart from that changeover weekend, Cardiff - Portsmouth runs via the avoider throughout.
There is some talk of through services via the depot for the 9-13 Aug week (ie Parkway - Weston). The need for that really depends on travel demands and the lurgy factor come August.

From practical travel I'd be looking to start those journeys elsewhere if at all possible, say Parkway, Filton or Bath ?

Bill

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