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Lot of work going on at site of Pill station. Took about 15 minutes for all the machinery to be moved to allow the new class 99s being collected from Portbury Docks to pass.

Passing the site of Pill Station.

Have to be quick clearing up then!

OM75 showing as cancelled now 1787664772 Lot of work going on at the site of Pill station. Machinery will have to move before train can run.

Best I could get

99004 99009 and 99008 passing Pill

Garforth to East Garforth 800 metres

Just cycled from Portishead to Pill the majority of the track has been removed on the Portishead side of the M5 although most is still in place on the Pill side. Work going on one of the bridges into Portbury Dock

57305 and 99007 leaving Portbury Dock this afternoon.

Local paper reporting that work on removing the old track and preparing the trackbed from Portishead to Pill will begin on 5 May.

Notices have now gone up in Portishead on the roads near the site of the station, saying work will start in the second week in April and will take 18 months which should take us till October 2027.

Latest update from network rail. I'm getting in touch to let you know about our latest stage of work to rebuild the Portishead to Bristol railway, including new stations at Portishead and Pill. Main construction is about to begin. The table below and the attached maps shows upcoming work in...

Thanks all. Looks like 6E67 and 0B05 arrived at Bromsgrove at about the same time and 0B05 is the engine they can still hear.

Anyone know what this train is that is sat at Bromsgrove. According to my daughter it's been there for 2 hours plus and seems to be annoying the local residents as the engine has been kept running. I can't find any reference on Real Time trains.

There has been a lot of work, which finished on Friday, clearing the area between Quays Avenue and Sainsbury's in Portishead, again for a work's compound.