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Invitation to a public consultation event about the reconstruction of Pearsons Brick Yard railway bridge in Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Thursday 28th August 2014 SH (Editor)

Network Rail to host drop-in consultation on bridge reconstruction plans

Network Rail is inviting local residents to a drop-in public consultation event that will explain proposals to reconstruct a local railway bridge as part of the Great Western Main Line electrification project. The work relates to Pearsons Brick Yard Bridge, which provides access from Harry Stoke Lane to industrial buildings near Hunts Ground Road and also carries regional walking and

Gipsy Patch Lane railway bridge, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Tuesday 17th December 2013 SH (Editor)

Council agrees to fund new study into Stoke Gifford railway bridge improvements

South Gloucestershire Council has commissioned Network Rail to investigate ways of improving the passage of vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians under two railway bridges on major routes through Stoke Gifford. In 2010, the Parkway and Gipsy Patch Lane bridges were the subject of a feasibility study by Mouchel, which investigated various options for improving the safe movement of pedestrians and cyclists. The recommended option at

Filton Triangle rail depot planning meeting

Friday 3rd February 2012 SH (Editor)

Green light for Filton Triangle rail depot

Members of a South Gloucestershire Council committee have voted to approve a controversial planning application from Hitachi Rail to build a train maintenance depot on land known as the ‘Filton Triangle’ in Stoke Gifford. The proposed depot, required as part of the project to electrify the main line between London and Cardiff, had been opposed by hundreds of Stoke Gifford

Rail depot site meeting in Sandringham Road, Stoke Gifford

Sunday 22nd January 2012 SH (Editor)

Around 50 protesters attend rail depot site inspection meeting

District Councillors inspecting the site of a proposed 42 acre rail depot in Stoke Gifford were given a frosty reception from around 50 residents at a meeting in Sandringham Road last Friday (20th January). Hitachi Rail wants to build the depot on the Filton Triangle [map], an area of land bounded by railway lines to the west of Parkway Station,

Wednesday 18th January 2012 SH (Editor)

Opportunity to address Councillors on rail depot plans

Local residents are being given the chance to address members of the South Gloucestershire committee that is considering a planning application to construct a rail maintenance depot on land adjacent to Sandringham Road in Stoke Gifford. Members of the public are invited to attend a ‘site meeting’ of South Gloucestershire Council’s Development Control (West) Committee outside 78 Sandringham Road [map]