West of England Mayor, Dan Norris, has thanked engineers who will spend Christmas Day installing a 65-tonne footbridge at a new station in Bristol.
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.
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.
West of England Mayor launches new WESTlocal services with free bus travel
West of England Mayor launches new WESTlocal services with free bus travel
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.
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.
Time to catch the bus? Changes coming to your North Somerset services from September
Time to catch the bus? Changes coming to your North Somerset services from September
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.