Category: Transport

Stoke Gifford train depot gets green light from council

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A proposed train depot near Bristol Parkway station has been given planning approval by South Gloucestershire councillors

Council pledges £10m to tackle Bristol’s transport woes

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Efforts to ease Bristol’s notorious transport problems are among the priority areas in Bristol City Council’s £50million spending strategy

Council attacked over street light switch-off after soldier’s death

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Edward Heal was walking home from a pub on Christmas Day when he was hit by a car in on an unlit road in Clevedon

Bristol’s low-paid spend 14% of salary on train fares

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Employers must help staff get to work after it emerged low-paid staff in Bristol spend 14% of their salary on commuting by rail

First Great Western rail fares to rise by 5.8%

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First Great Western, which runs most of the services in Bristol, has said that it has done its best to keep increases to a minimum

Bristol to ‘finally get transport system it deserves’

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Councillor’s statement came after the government agreed to fund the remaining parts of Bristol’s bus rapid transport system (BRT) plans

Derailment causes rail misery for commuters

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An out-of-service passenger train has derailed in Wiltshire, causing delays to rail services between Bristol and London.