Date: 06/07/2012

THE £100-million Bristol Metro train network which will bring massive improvements to local railways is to go ahead with the first services running by 2016. [From Andrew Hardie]

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A coal train from Portbury import terminal, destination Rugeley power station, passing Ashton Gate on the western approach to Bristol on 4 August 2010. The locomotive is Freightliner class 70 no 70003.
Location: Ashton Gate
Company: Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
04/08/2010 Peter Todd

This new station in Portishead, photographed in the summer of 1960, had a life of only ten years, (1954-1964). It was built to replace the previous station (shared with the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead light railway) which had been closed to make way for a new power station.
Location: Portishead
Company: Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
/07/1960 John Thorn

The Clifton Suspension Bridge, with the Portishead line in the background running alongside the River Avon.
Location: Nightingale Valley Halt
Company: Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
// Ewan Crawford