Great Western Railway and CrossCountry Trains at Bristol Temple Meads on February 12th 2022

3rd visit to Bristol Temple Meads station on the Great Western Main Line, Severn Beach Line and Bristol to Taunton Line first time since December 2019
Featuring services from Great Western Railway and CrossCountry Trains and also first time filming since the layout was remodelled.
Bristol Temple Meads opened on August 31st 1840 as the western terminus of the original Great Western Railway.
The name of the station comes from a nearby Temple Church and built on viaduct above the floating harbour as well as nearby River Avon.
Services first commenced to Bath today’s Bath Spa at the time of opening with it extending to London Paddington on June 30th 1841 following the completion of Box Tunnel and 2 weeks after the Bristol and Exeter Railway opened on June 14th although it wasn't until July 8th 1844 when the next railway to open which was the Bristol and Gloucester Railway.
The station itself Grade II Listed was extended twice first between 1871 and 1878 and last was in 1930 and at the time of filming the original span over Platforms 3 and 5 was undergoing restoration.
The former terminal platforms closed in 1965 to enable platform renumbering however like many rail lines some include the Bristol Harbour Railway, Portishead Line were closed between the period from 1964 and 1966 have been axed by Dr Beeching however in recent years some have been considered for reopening as part of the Bristol Metro scheme.
The original shed of the station which has long since closed is nowadays used for venues and other activities.
Today served by Great Western Railway and CrossCountry Trains and was originally served by South Western Railway services from London Waterloo via Salisbury up until December 2021 when controversially the few services a day were cut back to Salisbury.
Great Western Railway Services from London Paddington mostly terminate via Platforms 13 or 15 with a few services extended beyond to Weston-super-Mare or Taunton.
Platform 1 mainly used by terminating services to and from Avonmouth or Severn Beach although recently some have been extended down to Weston-super-Mare
Other GWR services such as to and from Weymouth to Gloucester, Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central and others to Great Malvern, Worcester Foregate Street reverse here requiring turnaround times of between 5 - 10 minutes with the only exception of through services to Taunton originating from Cardiff Central.
Local services are served by Class 150s, 158s, 165 and 166 Turbos with the turbos having mostly moved from the Thames Valley area on the GWML with the only exceptions on the Marlow, Windsor, Greenford and Henley Branches as well as Basingstoke from Reading.
CrossCountry services mostly served by Class 220 and 221 Voyagers normally run down south to Plymouth or Paignton however on the day of filming due to COVID Pandemic still running a reduced service to Paignton whilst Plymouth services were cut back to Exeter St Davids due to Engineering works.
Bristol East Jn was completely remodelled between 2020 and 2021 to enable easier flexibility for trains entering the east side of the station.
Although times may have changed from the day of opening however for the station it still retains the original Great Western Railway with the former Isambard Kingdom Brunel's originality itself.
Music used:
JJD - Adventure
Music provided by NCS
Video link:
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Filmed on Saturday February 12th 2022 on iPhone 12 Pro and edited on iMovie
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