Most Recent Stories in Transport

Cycling on Royal York Crescent, Clifton, Bristol

By rycginge at 19:46 on 23/06/11

Check out this photo of a super keen cyclist out cycling on the Royal York Crescent in Clifton, Bristol: He's not actually going anywhere though. He's put his bike on some rollers and is powering away on his balcony without actually moving. Now that's commitment.
Supporters of railways plan party at pub

By Clifton People at 09:00 on 17/05/11

A GROUP campaigning for better suburban railways in Bristol is holding a celebration event this weekend. Friends Of Suburban Bristol Railways has organised an afternoon for supporters this Sunday. It is due to take place between noon and 3pm at The Barley Mow pub in Barton Road, The Dings. It will be an annual celebration of passenger increases on the Severn Beach branch line, which has seen a 20 per cent rise in the number of...
Station work earns award for rail group

By Clifton People at 07:00 on 30/09/10

A COMMUNITY group that aims to improve local rail services has won an award for its efforts. Severnside Community Rail Partnership won two first prizes at the Community Rail Awards. One award in the community arts schemes category was for artwork at Clifton Down and Redland train stations, and the other was for work with Eastside Roots Garden Centre. The partnership also took third place for the Patchway Station Project in the...
Two locomotives to haul train – and make history

By Clifton People at 07:00 on 25/09/10

A SPECIAL steam train will make history when it arrives at Bristol Temple Meads tonight. The Tamar Devonian will be hauled by two of the country's best-loved steam locomotives. The country's newest main line steam locomotive Tornado and the Great Western engine King Edward I will be at the head of a 14-coach train. King Edward I will take the special with 450 people on board from Temple Meads at 8.45 this morning. Tornado will...
Cribbs route is abandoned

By Clifton People at 11:00 on 12/08/10

A WEEKLY bus service from Nailsea and Backwell to Cribbs Causeway is being scrapped following news that a main route into Bristol could remain closed until the end of the year. North Somerset Coaches had been running a 600 and 601 service each Friday from the two villages which went into Clifton and then to The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. After dropping off passengers at The Mall, the service, which has been running since May 2009, then...

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Latest Discussions in Transport

The roadworks along Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol, seem never-ending. But it looks like the junction of Whiteladies and Tyndall's Park Road is...

By CliftonJim at 13:43 on 19/01/12
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Are there any more roads in Clifton, Bristol, that the council can dig up?

By rycginge at 21:17 on 12/12/11
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They've planted trees in the middle of Whiteladies Road. Trees!

By CliftonJim at 13:12 on 17/11/11
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All sorts of work still happening on Whiteladies Road. Will it actually make much of a difference to the buses though?

By MartiniBooth at 10:11 on 17/10/11
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Bridge Valley Road has reopened. Hooray!

By CliftonJim at 09:50 on 26/09/11
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