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.
Local residents across the region will be able to travel for free as new community-designed WESTlocal bus services hit the roads from Sunday 1 and Monday 2 September onwards. The launch is being marked with two week’s free travel on the eight new bus routes.
Works to install a new raised zebra crossing, widen footways and resurface the highway in Lansdown Road, Bath have been completed.
Plans to deliver changes to the Centre Promenade area of the City Centre have been unveiled as part of a project aimed at creating more space for pedestrians, markets and events.
Service 84/85 will no longer operate from 1 September. Alternative travel options are listed wthin this post.
Some bus timetables are being updated from 1 September and passengers are being encouraged to familiarise themselves with the revised schedule so they can continue to enjoy cheap or free bus travel from next month.
