Yearly Archives: 2023

Temple Meads – What It Needs (4)

Making The Marsh Magnificent? Ancient maps of Bristol show a church, St Phillipe, in splendid isolation but close to Bristol Castle. The land to the east of the River Avon was low lying and prone to flooding – hence St Phillips Marsh. The building of the “Feeder Channel” to stabilise water height in Bristol’s “Floating Harbour” made the area more…

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Operations Director – trentbarton

  Operations Director   A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen within our really good bus company and we’re on the hunt for someone to join our Senior Leadership Team as Operations Director and lead the operational teams in one of the most dynamic, customer focused and forward thinking group of bus companies in the UK. The individual At trentbarton…

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Temple Meads – What It Needs (3)

A Really Big Scheme So far, we have learned about the new Campus for Bristol University and the new eastern entrance to Temple Meads station. Google Earth merely shows the site cleared after the demolition of the postal sorting offices. Immediately to the south of the Uni site is an area now called Temple Island. It already has a brand…

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The State of Rail: Breaking Down The Numbers

With discussion of ticket office closures and rail passenger numbers a political hot potato, it’s easy to forget that firm data on the state of rail in Great Britain does exist. We take a look at the ORR’s latest figures (April – June 2023) and TfL’s recent Crossrail Usage report. One of the roles of the Office of Rail and…

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Temple Meads – What It Needs (2)

It’s Only A “Vision” … … but blog readers will be thrilled to see that it already has a logo … … and a lavish printed report. Marvyn Rees’ video is a bit too visionary and over-full with valiant attempts to score political and environmental brownie points.  And we have heard it all before! The report is well filled with…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 November 2023

• The Most Dangerous Spots for Cyclists in London (Bloomberg CityLab) • Edinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parking (BBC) • Modernizing New York Commuter Rail (Effective Transit Alliance) • Russia said to be building a railway to Crimea through Ukraine (RailTech) • Cruise Self-Driving Cars Struggled to Recognize Children (Intercept) • Walkers in the City—and Everywhere…

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Temple Meads – What It Needs (1)

These blogs replace that originally planned for today. There was just too much work in preparation, so something a bit easier to understand starts the week, Sverige will follow later. We all know Temple Meads station in Bristol. The building on the left was Brunel’s original terminus. It soon proved inadequate and the main line was pushed west, so a…

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Sunday Variety

Priodas Yng Nghymru fbb has always been fascinated by Love Spoons, especially the ones with marbles carved into the design …  … marbles that you cannot extricate to play with! You would guess that the intricacy of the carving is symbolic of the beauty and “intricacy” of the recipients’ life together. Note also the spelling of the Welsh words. Cymru…

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