Network Rail say their staff will work in shifts from Christmas Eve which is this coming Sunday until the early hours of next Wednesday 27 December, delaying festivities to get the job done, with Mr Norris hailing the Christmas workers.
The installation of the new bridge over the tracks marks the latest stage in the development of a new two-platformed station on the site of the previous Ashley Hill Station which closed in 1964.
The bulk of the work to build the station – with platforms on either side of the Bristol to Gloucester line – took place between June and October of this year.
A huge thank you to those brilliant workers delaying their Christmas lunch to get this footbridge installed – and to everyone working over the festive season!
Dan Norris, Metro Mayor
It’s brilliant to see this brand-new station for Ashley Down residents beginning to take shape. The last time there was a station here, Bob Dylan and the Beatles were topping the charts!
I’m proud of this sizeable investment from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority I lead to give the West’s residents railway stations they can be proud of – all part of our radical ‘reverse Beeching’ programme to make getting from A to B in our part of the world easier than ever before.
Funded by the Mayoral Combined Authority, ‘Ashley Down Station’ will give residents in the north of the city their own station once again after nearly 60 years.
It is scheduled to open later in 2024.
Free Birthday Bus travel returns across the West of England today, 1 December – with new freebies and discounts at shops, restaurants, and attractions across the region for Birthday Bus pass-holders.
Residents and businesses now have until after Christmas to respond to plans to create more than 6.2km of improved walking, wheeling and cycling on four proposed routes across Bath.
Residents can now have their say on proposed changes to speed limits in Kenn. North Somerset Council proposes to lower the speed limits in Kenn Street and Duck Lane in order to provide a safer and more enjoyable environment for local communities.
Attempts to create a safer, healthier, and greener neighbourhood in East Bristol are set to move forward as measures are installed as part of the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial scheme.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is inviting residents, businesses and visitors to share their views on the proposed Bath Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Links (BWWCL) scheme.
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