The Bristol Railway Archive

Growlers galore on the 27.6.26.

Got lots of new stuff to add to the website. Bought some slides off ebay, got loads of negs hanging about waiting to be scanned etc. Just bought a new laptop and am awaiting a card reader so I can get photos off my camera! Once that's done, away we go!

From Facebook. Go check This Page for photos.

This week on the Portishead Line...

🛣Work continues in Portishead to realign Quays Avenue and make space for the new railway station. The one-way system on Harbour Road begins on Monday 22 June.

🏗The old track along the railway from Portishead to ...

Okay, this seems to have gone smoothly. If anyone finds a problem please let me know. You can either post it here or use my email on the main website's home page.

In the next few hours (days!) I'm going to update the software that runs the website from 1.43.6 to 1.43.8.

i've tried it on my Xampp version on my laptop and all went fine, and now I'll do the live version.

This should also be fine, but it will possibly make things unavailable for a short while ...

A press release from the Avon Valley Railway

Avon Valley Railway is delighted to announce the latest arrival at Bitton Station – ‘Street Art Train’.

Bristol artists ‘Inkie’, ‘Jody’ and ‘Cheo’ have been commissioned to spray paint one side of a heritage railway carriage with street art designs ...

That shocked me! A reply :)

I'll keep plugging away, I've been enjoying adding stuff to the website and the forum is a great place to store news stories and suchlike, so i'll keep posting here too.

Only negative is discovering my film and slide scanner is broken so I'll have to go buy something ...

A video about the appeal on the ITV website.

Avon Valley Railway appeals for public support

From the Portishead Line Facebook page . Go take a look, they have photos :)
' 🔔Next week on the Portishead Line...

🏗In Pill, we need slightly longer than planned to demolish Station House. Temporary traffic lights will remain in place until Wednesday 20 May. We're sorry for any inconvenience.

👷We ...