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Two station options in Henbury consultation
A new railway station linking Henbury, Cribbs Causeway and the new Filton Airfield development to Temple Meads will be built in one of two locations.
A consultation has been launched for the station, one of three to open in north Bristol as part of a £100 million improvement to local rail services which includes reopening old lines.
The public consultation, which opened on Monday, earmarks two sites either side of Wyck Beck Road for the final station on the reopened passenger line.
Initial plans to create a “Henbury Loop” which would have linked to the Severn Beach line were shelved after a business case favoured a spur at Henbury.
New stations are also due to open in North Filton and Ashley Down Road, as well as Portishead and Pill by 2021.
The eight-week consultation, running until January 25, 2016, into the Henbury station puts forward two options which both include a new platform and shelter on the north side of the line.
The consultation includes two exhibitions at Henbury Library on December 3 and December 9, 2pm-7pm. There is also an online questionnaire.
The station will become more significant when the Filton Airfield development of 5,700 new homes – dubbed “Filton Keynes” – is completed in2035.
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