Fears have been raised for the future of a planned new train station in Bristol after 18 months without a response from the government. St Annes Park station opened in 1898 and closed in 1970 leaving the wider area with poor public transport links.
Bristol City Council and campaigners are hoping to find the funding to reopen the station in St Annes, between Bristol Temple Meads and Keynsham on the line to Bath. A bid was put into the Department for Transport’s £500-million Restoring Your Railway fund in 2020.
But a year and a half later, the council is still waiting on a response from the government about whether the cash will be made available to build the station. During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, June 6, one local councillor said the eventual response would “not be positive”.
