Peter Jones

Updates from Peter Jones, Communications Manager for Network Rail (Bristol & Bath)

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛤️ Our track renewal Bristol ↔️ south Wales is going well.

🚇We've installed new rail & sleepers in the Bristol-bound Patchway tunnel, getting ready to drop & compact the top layer of stone.

ℹ️ Work continues until early hours on Tuesday when train services resume @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ Busy bank holiday weekend to kick off our two-week rail upgrades in South Glos.

🛤💦 While the Severn Tunnel's closed we're replacing track & drainage in the Patchway & Filton areas, 'til early hrs Tues 9 June.

ℹ️ Check https://t.co/eybkK1G78f @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🎉 Another major milestone reached for Bristol's new Brabazon station – the stairs & footbridge have been fully installed this weekend!

🏗️ The 9 pieces were lifted in by crane & assembled in less than 24 hrs.

🛠️ Platform construction & fit out continues over the coming weeks.

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

⚠️ 2 weeks of work starts tonight in the Severn Tunnel & South Glos

🛠️ We’re upgrading electrification equipment in the tunnel and replacing track & drainage in Filton & Patchway.

🚍 23 May - 8 June buses replace trains Bristol Parkway↔️Newport https://t.co/eybkK1GEXN @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🚪 We're into final fit-out of @TempleQuarter's eastern entrance at Bristol Temple Meads.

⚒️ Ticket gates etc are being installed + final tests done.

🍾It opens September, connecting to the new @BristolUni campus & St Philips Marsh used by 2.5m people a year by 2030 @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

⚠️ 2 weeks of essential maintenance in the Severn Tunnel + Patchway & Filton start with the bank holiday weekend.

🚍Sat 23 May - Mon 8 June buses replace trains Bristol Parkway ↔️ Newport. Some trains diverted.

ℹ️https://t.co/5XvsPFpzha…
https://t.co/eybkK1G78f @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🦺Construction of @WestofEnglandCA's
Bristol Brabazon station on the old Filton airfield's in full throttle.

🏗 After track, drainage & foundations, platforms are taking shape & lift shaft cores are in place.

🚆This Autumn it'll bring the 1st passengers to the line since 1964.

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛠 Two weekends of track & drainage work in Bath & Wiltshire have been completed.

🎩 It comes as work on Brunel's Box tunnel & Sydney Gardens footbridge continues.

👍 It's all to ensure the continued safe & reliable running of the railway @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛠️Track & drainage work's coming up in Bath & Wilts, AND repairs to 2 Brunel masterpieces!

🎬 Watch to find out more & go to our webpage: https://t.co/fgB5qQbCCd

🚍 Trains affected 25/26 April & 2 – 4 May

ℹ️ Check https://t.co/usRMNHe8Mo or https://t.co/eybkK1G78f @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛤️ Our Somerset track renewal's complete.

👍 1.4km of 1960s track & sleepers have been upgraded and over 3,300 tonnes of fresh stone installed.

🚆 Trains Westbury ↔️ Castle Cary/Taunton have resumed.

ℹ️ Please check https://t.co/WIoBPPlSxD or https://t.co/usRMNHe8Mo @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛤️ Our Somerset track renewal's in full swing with 1960s rail & sleepers removed overnight.

🛠️ Up to 40 workers are replacing 1.4km of track through the Easter weekend for continued safe & reliable journeys.

ℹ️ Check https://t.co/p6jHTjkONB or https://t.co/eybkK1GEXN @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛤️ Our track renewal in Somerset starts this evening and runs until early Monday morning.

🛠️ We're replacing 1.4km of track and over 1,000 sleepers - some dating back to the 1960s.

ℹ️ Check https://t.co/p6jHTjkONB or https://t.co/eybkK1GEXN @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛤️ This Easter we’re replacing track & working on signals Westbury ↔️ Castle Cary/Taunton.

🛠️ It’s to ensure the continued safe & reliable running of trains through Wiltshire & Somerset.

🙏 Check before you travel: https://t.co/usRMNHe8Mo or https://t.co/eybkK1G78f @GWRHelp

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

⚠️ Track renewals & other maintenance start in Devon tonight.

🚍 Buses replace trains Exeter ↔️ Barnstaple 'til Sun 29 March.

👍 It’s vital work to ensure the continued safe running of the railway.

ℹ️ Check https://t.co/usRMNHeGBW or https://t.co/eybkK1GEXN

[West of England Mayoral Combined Authority @WestofEnglandCA]

It's one of five new stations in the West, helping to build a rail network you can trust.

Local residents can come along to a drop-in session on Wednesday 1 April at the Spitfire Hangar any time between 4pm and 7pm to find out more.

[West of England Mayoral Combined Authority @WestofEnglandCA]

🚉 It's official: the West's newest train station will be called Bristol Brabazon!

Passenger rains return to the Henbury Line this autumn for the first time since 1964, connecting you to jobs, homes, and (soon) the new Aviva Arena.

@ytlcommunity @networkrailwest @GWRHelp @darrenpjones @CHazelgroveMP

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🛠 Bristol Temple Meads roof & electrics work end summer & autumn '26.

💪 2,500 steelwork repairs have been completed & 1,200 glazing panels installed.

🎬 Project manager James Shelley says there's still work to do.

ℹ️ See https://t.co/4eTGcv6fmq #BristolRailRegen

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

⚡️ Our massive electrics upgrade at Bristol Temple Meads ends autumn 26.

👍More reliable systems with greater capacity will bring new shops in the future.

🎬Project manager James explains some of the immediate benefits

ℹ️ See https://t.co/4eTGcv6NbY #BristolRailRegen

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🦺We've completed five days of round-the-clock work in West Cornwall to help make the railway more reliable

🏗️1,200 yards of new track, sleepers and ballast was laid near Redruth

🛤️And 300 yards of new track was installed outside Camborne

[Network Rail Western @networkrailwest]

🚉 Into the final phase of roof refurbishments at Bristol Temple Meads.

🛠 Scaffolding's being removed from platforms & the subway. The project finishes summer 26.

🎬 Project manager James explains why it's taken so long....

ℹ️ See https://t.co/4eTGcv6NbY #BristolRailRegen