The line helped link Bristol and Portbury to Portishead docks and supported the local power station and coal station during the 1900s. But like hundreds of other lines around the country ...

A long-awaited plan to reopen the Portishead rail line has finally been given the green light, West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris has announced. The project, which includes the construction of ...

A seaside town in Somerset is set to get its first train station in more than 70 years, as part of a £152 million railway project that will reconnect it to the national rail network. Portishead ...

The reopening of the Portishead Line will go ahead, West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris has announced today. Mr Norris said: “This is a massive moment for the West of England: one that ...

How Portishead's new railway station could look. Credit: North Somerset Council However, thanks to funding from WECA and the local council, work to restore the line is set to begin this summer.

A new rail station will finally be built at Ashton Gate, home to Bristol City FC and the Bristol Bears, the regional mayor has said. New stops may also be opened at St Anne's and Saltford, West of ...