Network Rail has announced that it has completed work to strengthen St Mark’s road bridge in Bristol last month.
This is part of a project to double the number of railway lines between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood stations. The tracks are being doubled to enable an increase in trains from 2019.
The strengthening of the bridge was the final piece of bridge work to be completed for the Filton Bank 4 tracking project. This has seen a massive amount of enabling work throughout 2018. Earlier in the summer saw a new viaduct at Stapleton Road installed, providing a complete path for two new railway lines for the first time.
The upgrading of signalling and laying of new track between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood continues throughout the autumn and winter of 2018.
The projects are part of Network Rail‘s Railway Upgrade Plan and will allow GWR to introduce more electric trains.
Network Rail’s major programmes director David Buisson said:
“Doubling the railway lines between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood is a key part of our Railway Upgrade Plan, increasing capacity from 2019 to help meet growing demand.
The four tracks will also increase the resilience of the railway and assist to reduce the impact of any maintenance work in the area, as well as separating local stopping services from long distance, high-speed trains, improving reliability.”
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But will the electrification to Bristol Temple Meads happen. Or will Class 800 and Class 802 trains will have to change power supply from 25kv OHL to Diesel at Bristol Parkway when operating services between London Paddington and Exeter St. Davis, Plymouth and Cornwall.