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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Campaign group in Bristol, England</div> <p> <b>Bristol Rail Campaign</b> (<b>formerly FoSBR, Friends of Bristol Suburban Railways</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>-based campaign group, calling for better <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Bristol" class="mw-redirect" title="Rail transport in Bristol">rail transport in the Bristol area</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bristol Rail Campaign was formed in 1995 as <i>Friends of Severn Beach Railway</i>, to protest against the potential demise of the <a href="/wiki/Severn_Beach_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Severn Beach Line">Severn Beach Line</a>, a single-track branch line in Bristol. Services at the time had been reduced along the line from <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> to <a href="/wiki/Severn_Beach_railway_station" title="Severn Beach railway station">Severn Beach</a>, with many services replaced by buses. The first FoSBR action was on 25 September 1995, when a group of protestors met at <a href="/wiki/Avonmouth_railway_station" title="Avonmouth railway station">Avonmouth railway station</a> with buggies and bicycles, to show that buses were not a suitable replacement for trains.<sup id="cite_ref-difference_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-difference-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group later changed its name to Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways, allowing it to keep the FoSBR acronym. </p><p>FoSBR changed its campaign name to Bristol Rail Campaign in 2023, stating: "We have found that people find it confusing, don’t get it right and don’t remember it. We need a simple name that says clearly what we are. That name is Bristol Rail Campaign.".<sup id="cite_ref-namechange_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-namechange-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaigns">Campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bristol Rail Campaign is centred on its Plan for Rail. This sets out to deliver the backbone of a sustainable transport system based on the region’s underused suburban rail network.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Severn_Beach_Line">Severn Beach Line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Severn Beach Line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg/220px-Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg/330px-Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg/440px-Clifton_Down_railway_station_MMB_14_143621_143620.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3894" data-file-height="2511" /></a><figcaption>Two <a href="/wiki/Severn_Beach_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Severn Beach Line">Severn Beach Line</a> trains pass at <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Down_railway_station" title="Clifton Down railway station">Clifton Down</a>. FoSBR successfully campaigned for an improved service on this line.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg/220px-FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg/330px-FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg/440px-FOSBR_at_Clifton_Down_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>FoSBR members campaigning at Clifton Down.</figcaption></figure> <p>FoSBR's first campaign was for a better service on the <a href="/wiki/Severn_Beach_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Severn Beach Line">Severn Beach Line</a>, an important Bristol commuter line connecting <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> to <a href="/wiki/Severn_Beach_railway_station" title="Severn Beach railway station">Severn Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Avonmouth_railway_station" title="Avonmouth railway station">Avonmouth</a> via <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Down_railway_station" title="Clifton Down railway station">Clifton</a>. The line had few services, no service at all on Sundays, and very few trains travelled the entire length of the line to Severn Beach. Following action by FoSBR and a string of protests, <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_Council" title="Bristol City Council">Bristol City Council</a> agreed to subsidise a service of at least one train every 45mins in each direction along the line. This continued until 2007 when a 1-hour minimum service was written into the Greater Western passenger franchise. In 2007, the Council unanimously agreed to pay £450,000 per year to fund extra services from May 2008 for three years, which resulted in a 60% increase in passenger numbers along the line,<sup id="cite_ref-difference_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-difference-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a 25% year-on-year increase between June 2009 and June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Passenger numbers on the line increased by 90% over the period 2008–11, and 25% in the period 2010–11. The Council cut the subsidy paid by half, saying the extra passengers were allowing the line to support itself,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which prompted criticism by FoSBR, saying the money should be used to provide evening trains and through services to <a href="/wiki/Bedminster_railway_station" title="Bedminster railway station">Bedminster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parson_Street_railway_station" title="Parson Street railway station">Parson Street</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FoSBR's ambition was realised in 2021, when daily through trains were introduced between Severn Beach and <a href="/wiki/Weston-super-Mare_railway_station" title="Weston-super-Mare railway station">Weston-super-Mare</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Services along the line run approximately half-hourly between Avonmouth and Bristol Temple Meads, with alternate trains extending to Severn Beach.<sup id="cite_ref-GWRTTDEC2022_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GWRTTDEC2022-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bristol Rail Campaign supported the opening of a station to serve the <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Portway_park_and_ride" class="mw-redirect" title="Bristol Portway park and ride">A4 Portway Park & Ride</a> scheme in <a href="/wiki/Shirehampton" title="Shirehampton">Shirehampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-distortion_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-distortion-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They argued that buses often have to deal with heavy traffic on the <a href="/wiki/A4_road_(England)" title="A4 road (England)">A4 Portway</a> to reach the city centre, and that a rail link would be quicker and greener.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Portway Park & Ride Station was officially opened on 31 July 2023, with passenger services starting the next day.<sup id="cite_ref-portwaypandropening_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-portwaypandropening-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bristol Rail Campaign has also suggested the Severn Beach Line be electrified as part of the electrification of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">Great Western Main Line</a>. They were supported in this by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Williams_(British_politician)" title="Stephen Williams (British politician)">Stephen Williams</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bristol_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)">Bristol West</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-benefits_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benefits-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Henbury_Loop">Henbury Loop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Henbury Loop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bristol Rail Campaign supports plans for the <a href="/wiki/Henbury_Loop_Line" title="Henbury Loop Line">Henbury Loop Line</a>, a freight line in the north of Bristol which has not seen passenger traffic since the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-difference_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-difference-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-distortion_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-distortion-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oakley_Bristol_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oakley_Bristol-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would include the reopening of <a href="/wiki/Henbury_railway_station" title="Henbury railway station">Henbury</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Filton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="North Filton railway station">North Filton</a> railway stations, both of which closed to passengers in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Oakley_Bristol_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oakley_Bristol-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oakley_Gloucestershire_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oakley_Gloucestershire-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-questions_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-questions-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bristol Rail Campaign suggest this would help services along the Severn Beach Line, allowing a Temple Meads–Avonmouth–<a href="/wiki/Bristol_Parkway_railway_station" title="Bristol Parkway railway station">Bristol Parkway</a> service, and also provide services to the north of Bristol generally, the <a href="/wiki/Cribbs_Causeway" title="Cribbs Causeway">Cribbs Causeway</a> shopping centre,<sup id="cite_ref-ourcase_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcase-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the redevelopment at <a href="/wiki/Filton_Aerodrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Filton Aerodrome">Filton Aerodrome</a>. FoSBR say that local councils have committed to a feasibility study into reopening the line.<sup id="cite_ref-ourcase_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcase-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filton_Bank">Filton Bank</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Filton Bank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg/220px-Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg/330px-Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg/440px-Bristol_MMB_%C2%ABA1_Narroways_Junction_43301.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>FoSBR supported the four-tracking of Filton Bank. Here a <a href="/wiki/CrossCountry" title="CrossCountry">CrossCountry</a> service heads south along Filton Bank.</figcaption></figure> <p>The line between <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads_railway_station" title="Bristol Temple Meads railway station">Bristol Temple Meads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Parkway_railway_station" title="Bristol Parkway railway station">Bristol Parkway</a>, commonly known as <a href="/wiki/Filton_Bank" title="Filton Bank">Filton Bank</a> was reduced from four tracks to two in 1984 as a cost-saving measure. It was frequently congested. </p><p>Bristol Rail Campaign was part of a successful campaign to reinstate this as a four-track railway. These works, which included the rebuilding of a viaduct at Stapleton Road, were completed in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-fourtrackfilton_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fourtrackfilton-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electrification_to_Weston-super-Mare">Electrification to Weston-super-Mare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electrification to Weston-super-Mare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/21st_Century_modernisation_of_the_Great_Western_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line">21st Century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line" title="Great Western Main Line">Great Western Main Line</a>, the major railway between London and Bristol, was electrified in the 2010s as part of a major upgrade scheme. The entire line between <a href="/wiki/Paddington_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddington railway station">London Paddington</a>, Bristol Temple Meads and <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Central_railway_station" title="Cardiff Central railway station">Cardiff Central</a> was due to be electrified by 2017, as was the line between Temple Meads and Parkway.<sup id="cite_ref-blle_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blle-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, FoSBR are concerned that since the new electric <a href="/wiki/Intercity_Express_Programme" title="Intercity Express Programme">Intercity Express Programme</a> (IEP) trains will not be able to operate beyond Bristol,<sup id="cite_ref-Penrose_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Penrose-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> direct services between London and <a href="/wiki/Weston-super-Mare_railway_station" title="Weston-super-Mare railway station">Weston-super-Mare</a> will be discontinued. FoSBR therefore support the extension of electrification to Weston-super-Mare, and of the Severn Beach Line, to provide passengers with "better, more reliable services".<sup id="cite_ref-benefits_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benefits-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FoSBR11_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoSBR11-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>FoSBR also supported the building of the <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Gifford_depot" title="Stoke Gifford depot">Stoke Gifford depot</a> for Intercity Express Trains, against local opposition. 550 local residents signed a petition against the depot, citing light, noise and water pollution concerns. FoSBR released a joint statement with <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Casey" title="Daniel Casey">Daniel Casey</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green Party</a> and Dave Wood of the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Rail,_Maritime_and_Transport_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers">National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers</a>, saying that the residents' concerns were unfounded, noting several methods of noise/light/water pollution prevention that would be used, and also mentioning that the nearby motorways, <a href="/wiki/Filton_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Filton Airfield">Filton Airfield</a> and night-time freight trains on the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Main_Line" title="South Wales Main Line">South Wales Main Line</a> would all produce more <a href="/wiki/Background_noise" title="Background noise">background noise</a> than the depot would.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MetroWest">MetroWest</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: MetroWest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/MetroWest_(Bristol)" title="MetroWest (Bristol)">MetroWest (Bristol)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg/220px-Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg/330px-Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg/440px-Parson_Street_railway_station_MMB_20_66053.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>FoSBR support the reopening of the <a href="/wiki/Portishead_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Portishead Branch Line">Portishead Branch Line</a> to passengers. It is only in use for coal traffic to <a href="/wiki/Royal_Portbury_Docks" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Portbury Docks">Royal Portbury Docks</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portishead_Line">Portishead Line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Portishead Line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bristol Rail Campaign supports the reopening of the <a href="/wiki/Portishead_Branch_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Portishead Branch Line">Portishead Branch Line</a> to passenger services.<sup id="cite_ref-difference_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-difference-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ourcase_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcase-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line was closed in the 1960s, but was reopened in the early 2000s for freight trains to serve <a href="/wiki/Royal_Portbury_Docks" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Portbury Docks">Royal Portbury Docks</a>. The track beyond <a href="/wiki/Pill_railway_station" title="Pill railway station">Pill</a> is either overgrown or built over.<sup id="cite_ref-Oakley_Somerset_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oakley_Somerset-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2019 North Somerset Council applied for a <a href="/wiki/Nationally_significant_infrastructure_project#Procedure" title="Nationally significant infrastructure project">Development Consent Order</a> to reopen this line. <sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The scheme proposes an hourly train service from Portishead, calling at a new station at Pill and then <a href="/wiki/Parson_Street_railway_station" title="Parson Street railway station">Parson Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedminster_railway_station" title="Bedminster railway station">Bedminster</a> and Bristol Temple Meads. The Development Consent Order was authorised in November 2022. The additional funding and the start of construction remains subject to a decision on the project’s Full Business Case in 2024. <sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg/220px-FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg/330px-FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg/440px-FOSBR_Awards_Ceremony_May_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4289" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>The FoSBR Award winners from 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bristol Rail Campaign has held awards ceremonies for people and organisations who have helped promote rail transport in the Bristol area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bristol_Rail_Campaign&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Severnside_Community_Rail_Partnership" title="Severnside Community Rail Partnership">Severnside Community 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