MELKSHAM
- New housing development adjacent to station.
- From December 2006 , train service due to be cut from 5 well - used round trips a day to 2 inconveniently timed round trips a day.
SALTASH
- New housing development adjacent to station.
- From December 2006 , train service due to be cut by 25%
PILNING
- Redrow Homes has long-standing planning permission for industrial and other uses on a site near to station.
- From December 2006 , train service due to be cut from daily to weekly.
RADSTOCK
- New housing development adjacent to proposed new station site.
- No sign of restored passenger rail service.
Here is a link on the PORTISHEAD Railway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishead_RailwayQuote from the above link :
"Between 2000 and 2002 the railway was repaired as far as Pill, and a short spur constructed to the Royal Portbury Dock to transport freight, at a cost of £21 million. Local politicians and organisations have been campaigning to have the remaining 3.3 miles (5.3 km) repaired and a new station constructed at Portishead. The coastal town largely serves as a dormitory for Bristol workers, and the main route into the city, a single carriageway, is often unable to cope with the volume of commuter traffic. When current construction work is completed Portishead will be the largest settlement in the country without a link to the rail network. The Department for Transport currently do not support the proposals, estimating the costs to be too high at £17 million, and because of scheduling complications due to its use by freight trains. The 2006-2011 Joint Local Transport Plan reserves £1 million for the project."
Instead of a re-opened railway , Portishead is to recieve a Bristol Showcase Bus Route (link below.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4747277.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/5157322.stm
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