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Drop-in event to reveal latest plans for railway work around Parkway Station

Local residents have been invited to attend a second drop-in event to find out more about upcoming work in and around Parkway Station, as part of the project to electrify the Great Western Mainline between London and South Wales. The event takes place on Tuesday 14th March at The Old School Rooms, North Road, Stoke Gifford BS34 8PD, from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. Network Rail says

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Residents invited to Parkway Station drop-in event as electrification work approaches

Residents living near Bristol Parkway Station have been invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about upcoming work to prepare the Great Western Main Line for electrification as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers. The event will take place on Tuesday 29th November at the St

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Railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, Little Stoke, Bristol.

Replacement railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane set to be 4-lane

The railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, a notorious bottleneck for traffic and the scene of frequent bridge strikes by high vehicles, looks set to be replaced with a significantly wider concrete structure following a decision made by South Gloucestershire Council’s PTSE Major Schemes Sub-Committee in early October. From November 2014 to February 2015, the council ran a preliminary consultation

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