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Portbury branch

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The new Portbury branch from the Portishead Railway, taking freight from the Royal Portbury Dock. Taken from the Avonmouth Bridge. I liked the splashes of colour on the embankment.

Keywords: Bristol, England, North Somerset, Pill, Portbury, Portishead Railway, Somerset, UK, railways

Taken by Joe D on 2007-03-10 16:48:10 with: NIKON D50 at 200 mm f/8 0.002 sec (1/500) ISO unknown |

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*Firefox

2007-03-18 10:24:12

It's not new exactly, just recently reopened. It would be good if they could reopen the final few miles into Portishead and start passenger services along it again.

Joe Dunckley

2007-03-18 11:21:44

I'm led to believe that this bit is new -- there was never a line down to the Portbury Dock before. It joins the original Portishead line just over the bridge, and the overgrown route of it is behind the fence middle right. Portishead Railway Group and Bristol & N.S. councils have been trying to get the rest reopened, but Network Rail are making excuses about cost and timetabling complications on a single track route used by freight trains which depend on the tides.

*Firefox

2007-03-18 11:57:50

OK, the spur off into the docks is new, tyhe rest is just begging to be reopened.

Joe Dunckley

2007-03-18 12:11:27

I agree.

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