Tsw2 - Bristol Temple Meads To Cardiff Central Via Severn Beach

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  1. MrSouthernDriver

    MrSouthernDriver Well-Known Member

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    A "Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway" was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1846. Isambard Kingdom Brunel surveyed a route across the Severn and the ferry at New Passage was purchased, but the line failed to raise enough money so was not built. The "Bristol, South Wales and Southampton Union Railway" proposed in 1854 to carry a line through the centre of Bristol and along the Avon Gorge to New Passage, where a train ferry would cross the water. This became the "Bristol and South Wales Union Railway" (B&SWUR) which received its Act on 27 July 1857 but using a route to the east and north of Bristol. Brunel died in 1859 and the works were completed by Robert Pearson Brereton.

    Construction started in 1858 and the single-track 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge line opened from South Wales Junction, half a mile east of Temple Meads, as far as the landward end of New Passage Pier on 8 September 1863, a distance of 11 miles (18 km). The distance by rail between Bristol and Cardiff was reduced from 94 miles (151 km) to 38 miles (61 km).[2] Stations were opened at Lawrence Hill, Stapleton Road, Filton, Patchway, Pilning and New Passage. The short section on the opposite side of the Severn officially opened on 1 January 1864. On 13 August 1864 Ashley Hill station was opened between Stapleton Road and Filton.

    In 1868 the B&SWUR was amalgamated with the GWR which had operated its trains from the outset.



    THE STATIONS:

    Bristol Temple Meads

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    Bristol Temple Meads was opened on 31 August 1840, as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway. The railway, including Temple Meads, was the first to be designed by the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Soon, the station was also used by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway. To accommodate the increasing number of trains, the station was expanded in the 1870s by Francis Fox and again between 1930 and 1935 by Percy Emerson Culverhouse. Brunel's terminus is no longer part of the operational station. The historical significance of the station has been noted and most of the site is Grade I listed. In Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins, the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars.

    Lawrence Hill

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    Lawrence Hill railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and Cross Country Route, serving the inner-city districts of Easton and Lawrence Hill in Bristol, England. It is 1.0 mile from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is LWH. The station has two platforms, four running lines and minimal facilities.


    Stapleton Road
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    Stapleton Road railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and Cross Country Route, serving the inner-city district of Easton in Bristol, England. It is 1.6 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is SRD. The station has two platforms, four running lines and minimal facilities

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    Montpelier

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    Montpelier railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Montpelier in Bristol, England. It is 2.85 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is MTP. The station has a single platform, serving trains in both directions.


    Redland

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    Redland railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the districts of Cotham and Redland in Bristol, England. It is 3.3 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is RDA.

    Clifton Down

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    Clifton Down railway station is on the Severn Beach line and serves the district of Clifton in Bristol, England. It is 3.9 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is CFN. The station has two platforms, each serving trains in one direction only.


    Sea Mills

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    Sea Mills railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Sea Mills and nearby Westbury on Trym in Bristol, England. It is 6 miles from Bristol Temple Meads, situated at the confluence of the River Avon and River Trym and near the A4 Bristol Portway. Its three letter station code is SML


    Shirehampton

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    Shirehampton railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Shirehampton in Bristol, England. It is 7.6 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is SHH. The station has a single platform which serves trains in both directions.


    Avonmouth


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    Avonmouth railway station is located on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Avonmouth in Bristol, England. It is 9.0 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is AVN. The station has two platforms, on either side of two running lines.


    St Andrews Road

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    St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrew's Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, Bristol, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway. This station is 10 miles north-west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line


    Severn Beach

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    Severn Beach railway station serves the village of Severn Beach, England. This is the terminus of the Severn Beach Line. This station is 13.5 miles north west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line


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    Filton Abbey Wood


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    Filton Abbey Wood railway station serves the town of Filton in South Gloucestershire, England, inside the Bristol conurbation. It is 4.4 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. There are four platforms but minimal facilities. The station is managed by Great Western Railway that operates all services.

    Patchway

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    Patchway railway station is on the South Wales Main Line, serving the Bristol suburbs of Patchway and Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire, England. It is 6 miles from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is PWY

    Pilning
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    Pilning railway station is a minor station on the South Wales Main Line near Pilning, South Gloucestershire, England. It is 10 miles from Bristol Temple Meads and is the last station on the English side before the Severn Tunnel through to Wales. Its three letter station code is PIL

    Severn Tunnel Junction

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    Severn Tunnel Junction railway station is a minor station on the western side of the Severn Tunnel in the village of Rogiet, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is 123.5 miles from London Paddington and lies at the junction of the South Wales Main Line from London and the Gloucester to Newport Line



    Newport

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    Newport railway station is the second-busiest railway station in Wales, situated in Newport city centre. It is 133.5 miles from London Paddington on the British railway network. The station was originally opened in 1850 by the South Wales Railway Company and was greatly expanded in 1928

    Cardiff Central

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    The British Rail Class 800 Intercity Express Train or Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway


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    (We could get the class 800 with the mask and it could be similar to the SEHS class 395 with the trainbow and back medway livery)



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    The British Rail Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train power cars, built by British Rail Engineering Limited from 1975 to 1982, and in service in the UK since 1976

    GWR have converted these into shortened 4 coach 'castle' sets used for reigonal services across GWR's network

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    The British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train, built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by British Rail Engineering Limited at its Derby Litchurch Lane Works.

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    The British Rail Class 166 Networker Turbo is a fleet of diesel multiple-unit passenger trains, originally specified by and built for British Rail, the then Great Britain state-owned railway operator. They were built by ABB at York Works between 1992 and 1993.
     

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  2. Tom Sykes

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    Good suggestion. Would definitely like to see this!
     
  3. matt#4801

    matt#4801 Well-Known Member

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    Would be a nice route. I do really believe that the 800s are needed in TSW as you can see them in many, many places around the country.
     
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  4. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Good suggestion but not in current era. Go back 15 to 20 years when all manner of second gen DMU's could be seen at Temple Meads - 143's, 150's, 153's (or 155's), 158's, then HST's on GW internal services and some XC workings along with Class 220 and 221 Voyagers.
     
  5. SWR450

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    Oh my god YES we need this!
     
  6. jack travers

    jack travers Well-Known Member

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    what’s the point just keep it in modern era
     
  7. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Not everyone likes soulless push to go/stop modern trains. There was more variety and interest 20 or 40 years ago. :love:
     
  8. Knightfire1964

    Knightfire1964 Well-Known Member

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    I mean we have had many old British routes I wouldn't mind modern routes only problem is we have always been given the electro star trains
     
  9. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Only TVL and NTP are what could be regarded as historic. WSR doesn’t really count as it’s a preserved line and I don’t count WCL as it’s a dog’s breakfast. Spirit Of Steam is aimed at the pre modernisation era. Everything else for the UK is post 2010.
     

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