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Rail usage in the West of England doubled in the ten years between 1999 and 2009. [9] A campaign for a Greater Bristol Metro was launched in February 2012, [7] with plans prepared by engineering consultancy Halcrow Group. [10] [11] The scheme was estimated to cost £22 million at 2008/09 prices and could be completed between 2016 and 2021. [6]
The North-East/South-West route (sometimes simply The Cross-Country Route) is the major British rail route running from South West England or Cardiff via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield to North-East England and Scotland. It includes some of the longest inter-city rail journeys in the UK, e.g. Penzance to Aberdeen.
The West of England LEP's Option Development Report, published in 2016, outlined various possible routes for the new railway line: [12] A direct link to the airport from Bristol Temple Meads railway station, branching from the Bristol to Exeter line from Long Ashton, was considered to be a "fully segregated high quality link to the airport, which should provide short journey times" with "good ...
The Bristol and Bath Railway Path is proposed to have a light rail line running alongside the pedestrian and cycling paths. In November 2016, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership began a consultation process on their Transport Vision Summary Document, outlining potential light rail/tram routes from the city centre to Bristol Airport, the eastern and north west fringes of the city ...
The service would run from Bristol Airport to Temple Meads, the centre and north of Bristol and then to Cribbs Causeway, and would cost an estimated £2.5bn. [9] The city council commissioned a £50,000 study to determine the financial viability of the project and Rees suggested £3m for a geological survey. [10] [9]
As of October 2024, the station is served by up to five trains per hour on weekdays and Saturday, and up to four trains per hour during the evening and on Sunday. In the southbound direction, trains run to South Hylton via Newcastle and Sunderland. In the northbound direction, trains run to Newcastle Airport. [9] [14] [a]
The airport is easily accessible by Metro (roughly 5am to 11pm), with up to five trains per hour serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland, with connections to North Tyneside and South Tyneside. It is also served by bus services [b] from Newcastle upon Tyne, Woolsington, Ponteland and Darras Hall.
The Airport Flyer (A1) operates a frequent service on one route from Bristol bus station, Bristol city centre and Temple Meads station to Bristol Airport, [20] operated by First West of England. The A4 runs from Bath to the airport and is operated by Bath Bus Company. In October 2018, the A1 service was re-routed along the guided busway in ...