{"id":8391,"date":"2024-10-01T01:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/ashley-hill-ashley-down-2\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T01:29:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:29:23","slug":"ashley-hill-ashley-down-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/ashley-hill-ashley-down-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley Hill : Ashley Down (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Let The Train Take The Strain<\/span><\/p>\n The line through Yate (upper right) was part of the Midland Railway and originally ran via Mangotsfield, Staple Hill and Fishponds into The St Phillips terminus.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a>St Phillips in terminal decline -1 962<\/span><\/p>\n Filton Bank, the hill up from Temple Meads to Filton, has a tale to tell.<\/p>\n Originally, in the very early days of Ashley Hill station, the “bank” was double track, subsequently widened to a four track route.<\/p>\n In 1984 the main line was reduced to a two track route …<\/p>\n The junction was called Narroways<\/span>.<\/p>\n It is called “<\/span>strategic planning<\/span>“: Again!<\/span><\/p>\n Just to confuse us all, this junction was called Ashley Hill Junction<\/span> although it had no connection whatsoever with Ashley Hill Station on the Filton Bank line.<\/p>\n Confused.com?<\/p>\n Here is an annotated map.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n …through the tunnel …<\/p>\n … and look back southbound.<\/p>\n Some people have the audacity to call it “art”!<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n\n We return to Ashley Hill Station for a couple of (undated) old pictures. Here a typical GWR train at the up platform (to Temple Meads) …<\/p>\n … and much the same again – but with a different set of coaches.<\/p>\n
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