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Welcome to the future..
The date is 16/7/22 and this Quote Tweet was scheduled 18 months ago.
(the maximum time period allowed)
Ambitious. Fast. New. Revolutionary.
Ambitious. Fast. New. Revolutionary.
Ambitious. Fast. New. Revolutionary.
Ambitious. Fast. New. Revolutionary...
We’re working on an ambitious, fast new transport system that will revolutionise the way we move people around the West of England, dramatically improving congestion and air quality while reducing our carbon emissions #masstransit westofengland-ca.gov.uk/mass…
Remember, remember, the 5th of November 😭😭😭
#Justice4Pilning
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the tragic loss of the #Pilning footbridge, ripped away from us by @networkrailwest and their accomplices. The removal of the #footbridge left a gaping hole between the platforms and in our hearts 💔
ALT Image: @mattbuck4950 - First Great Western class 150 "Sprinter" DMU 150246 passes through Pilning, working a service from Cardiff to Taunton on 29 December 2014.
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Those companies responsible for the station and whose agenda it is to just run it into the ground must not be allowed to do so by continuing to be complicit in creating an environment of fear and intimidation for the good-hearted, kind and caring people who use it.
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This time last year we were looking forward to the rare opportunity of having a Leap Day adventure from #Pilning Station 😕
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Man vs Train retweeted
The Haie Tunnel. Just over 1000 yards long, before being widened and shortened somewhat by @GWRHelp. It was built by Roger Tipping and his team and was at one time the longest Tramroad Tunnel in the world. Tipping went on to attempt the first Severn Railway tunnel.
If you had access to a time machine and could use it to make just one return trip in to railway history, which year/era would you visit, and why? 🤔
Man vs Train retweeted
Today's #Pilning #PictureOfTheDay comes from our friend 0lg4, and was taken on 12/12/2020. This picture shows: Pilning passengers, heading towards Severn Tunnel.
Meanwhile on Severnside..
Network Rail here weren't quite as excited to share before and after photos of their achievements at #Pilning Station.
130 years of history swept away permanently in just a few days 😔
#ClosureByStealth #Justice4Pilning
@PilningStation @IBLRG
📸 We’re very excited to share before and after photos of the revamped footbridge at #Narborough station. In addition to being safer it’s also beautiful. We hope you agree!
👀 You can find out more at: bit.ly/3dnlK6n
@EastMidRailway @AlbertoCostaMP @fonsnarborough
Apparently we'll see Man on Mars before we see Man on platform 2 again at #Pilning Station 😔
#Footbridge4Pilning.. It isn't rocket science!!
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6th January 2016, St Philips Marsh.
I'm not sure but I think this is the first class 166 Turbo that transferred to Bristol for use on local services. They certainly looked different then.
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The sad sight that is the remains of #Pilning Station #footbridge and the soon to be missed sound of a full length HST racing through the station..
Helpy the Help Point used to provide information for trains stopping at platform 2 as well as platform 1.
"The next train to stop at platform 2 will be the 15.41 Great Western Railway service to Cardiff"..
All ready for #Pilning Station platform 2 farewell..
There were no services for 5 weeks after 10th September and we were expecting the footbridge to be taken during that period. As it was, there were 2 more services for platform 2 including the final ever one on 29th October 😕
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11th February 2017 and you can see just how prematurely the #footbridge at #Pilning was demolished 😔
Class 59 (4 blue stars, 59104?) passing through with a Machen to Westbury service whilst a Theale to Robeston waits in the down goods loop.
#RediscoveredMemoryCard
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