The Bristol Railway Archive

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 ...

Just a note to say that there's been tons of new stuff added to the archive!

The line from Midsomer Norton to Frome via Radstock has been explored, as well as the line from Chepstow to Tintern. There are loads of new photos and pages as a result with more being added as I type.

Also a look at the ...

Was surprised to see a couple of ancient wooden sleepers still in use on the mainline at Patchway.

The Avon Valley Railway has launched a 'Fit for the Future' appeal aimed at raising £150,000 by Christmas 2026.

Go read the reasons why, and if you can, donate!

https://www.avrht.org/appeal

Support your local railway!