Bristol temple meads expansion.

[InterCity:125]

is the plan to re-open Brunels old platforms as a terminus for London trains still around?

TEMPLE MEADS REGENERATION

• AHR HAS WORKED WITH NETWORK RAIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS PRODUCING CONCEPTS AND GRIP STAGE 2 MASTERPLANNING FOR THE REGENERATION OF THE STATION. CONCEPTS PROVIDED A SERIES OF IDEAS TO ENABLE THE STATION TO BECOME A WORLD CLASS GATEWAY TO THE CITY AND ITS CENTRE.

• TAGS
• ProjectTransportationArchitectureMasterplanningEuropeUKRailway Station

• Our initial work included enhanced passenger facilities and retail uses within and around the Grade 1 Listed Digby Wyatt Shed, alongside reducing station congestion and enhancing the operational performance. The study options ranged between zero costs to upwards of £30m.
  
  Commercial opportunities were identified and the study addressed opening up pedestrian links across the rail corridor and improving the transport interchange facilities at the station.
  
  Consultation with adjacent land owners, English Heritage and the

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[Muzer]

I believe so, but it's been delayed until the next control period (CP6, 2019-2024). It can only be done after the Bristol Temple Meads PSB resignalling is completely finished, as well.

 

[HowardGWR]

The middle photo proves that it will be difficult to remove the gloomy feeling of the later dark red brick extension to Brunel's shed, which is itself light and airy. I suppose a bright cladding of some sort might do it, in addition to the envisaged breaking open at the side for a new concourse, Kings Cross style, as seen in the other photos.

The rebuilding is tied up in an overall City of Bristol Temple Quarter project and it's this aspect that produces my fear that it won't happen in my lifetime, given the endless political argy bargy, that blights so much progress in that city.

 

[InterCity:125]

The middle photo proves that it will be difficult to remove the gloomy feeling of the later dark red brick extension to Brunel's shed, which is itself light and airy

I thought the engine shed was an event venue and would not be part of the project.

 

[HowardGWR]

I thought the engine shed was an event venue and would not be part of the project.

The ex engine shed space is only a small part of the 'Bristol Temple Quarter' project. May I suggest you google this term and have a read of what comes up?

 

[bastien]

I thought the engine shed was an event venue and would not be part of the project.

The bit in the picture is currently a car park. The venue hall is beyond that.

 

[InterCity:125]

The bit in the picture is currently a car park. The venue hall is beyond that.

The car park isn’t dim though?

 

[bastien]

The car park isn’t dim though?

It'd probably help if they just cleaned the roof!

 

[InterCity:125]

It'd probably help if they just cleaned the roof!

I think they are replacing all the plastic roof panels in the main area of the station with glass again because the plastic got dirty 10 years quicker than it was supposed to.

 

[HowardGWR]

The bit in the picture is currently a car park. The venue hall is beyond that.

You are both posting cross purposes I think. The ex engine shed is where they wanted to put the Bristol Arena. The area in the photos and the subject of this thread was not an engine shed. It was referred to as a shed but it was a 'train shed', mainly used by the Midland (later LMS) trains and also the Severn Beach ones (the latter as now actually). It is indeed now a car park and the Brunel part at the south western end is a sort of start up business area.

 

[InterCity:125]

he ex engine shed is where they wanted to put the Bristol Arena.

I thought it was going to be the other side of temple meads by the new university campus.

 

[pdeaves]

I thought it was going to be the other side of temple meads by the new university campus.View attachment 50633

If it doesn't get built near Filton instead!

 

[InterCity:125]

If it doesn't get built near Filton instead!

In the brazabon hanger. Don’t know what the people who will live in the new housing estate will think about that!

 

[snowball]

I don't know much about the Bristol area but it appears from pages 80-81 in the current Modern Railways that the proposal to put two tracks back in the old trainshed is linked to the remodelling of Bristol East Junction, and that this is some way off, with fundamental aspects of its design still undecided. It sounds more like happening in late CP6 than early CP6. This is despite the fact that the Western Route Study in 2015 said it would happen in 2015/16!!

 

[Phil G]

There is / was a business venue in the Brunel shed end called "the engine shed" which is what the poster was referring to I assume not the site of Bath road depot which is candidate for the arena. As I understand it they are not proposing opening the Brunel part just the part that is now the car park.

 

[InterCity:125]

There is / was a business venue in the Brunel shed end called "the engine shed" which is what the poster was referring to I assume not the site of Bath road depot which is candidate for the arena. As I understand it they are not proposing opening the Brunel part just the part that is now the car park.

Correct

 

[HowardGWR]

Correct

Indeed, I had forgotten they had used that inappropriate title (with Capital letters of course), thank you. I would have liked to see that place rehouse and the old original station frontage reopened with catering facilities, shops and so on.

 

[HowardGWR]

This latest PR had me puzzled in some places.
https://www.networkrailmediacentre....nefit-from-two-new-entrances-and-ticket-gates

"The new ticket gates were installed at the beginning of September, providing Great Western Railway (GWR) with time to undertake extensive testing on the equipment before it is available for passengers this winter."

The photo shews the gates between the SM's offices and the restaurant (as was) and this would surely be internal to the station after the original station is reopened?
The second thing, see quote, made me ponder why they only mentioned GWR staff. Does NR, the station management, contract out the gates supervision to GWR and not use its own staff? It got me wondering if all the NR stations are run this way, possibly?

 

[WelshBluebird]

Is the original station still on the cards to be reopened? At the very least it can't be until the signal box is gone as was my understanding, so thats a fair while off. Certainly the idea of using the additional platforms to support the new BRI - BPW - PAD express London services isn't required as those will start well before any work is done to bring in any more platforms.

In terms of staff, yep its GWR staff that run the ticket office, look after the gateline and generally look after the station (including announcements and platform dispatch staff I believe).

 

[Clip]

This latest PR had me puzzled in some places.
https://www.networkrailmediacentre....nefit-from-two-new-entrances-and-ticket-gates

The photo shews the gates between the SM's offices and the restaurant (as was) and this would surely be internal to the station after the original station is reopened?
The second thing, see quote, made me ponder why they only mentioned GWR staff. Does NR, the station management, contract out the gates supervision to GWR and not use its own staff? It got me wondering if all the NR stations are run this way, possibly?

NR will not do gateline supervision and its all done by the incumbent TOC at any Major Station AFAIR