A new train station is due to open this summer on the Portway after suffering months of delays. The station will take passengers every half hour from the Park and Ride close to Junction 18 of the M5 motorway, along the Severn Beach railway line to Bristol Temple Meads.
Construction work began in January last year and was due to finish in September, but was then pushed back to “early this year”. And now the opening date has been delayed again, according to Bristol City Council, although the new train station is “substantially complete”.
City Hall chiefs hope the station will encourage commuters out of their cars and onto public transport, as part of an ongoing push to cut congestion, air pollution and carbon emissions. The council’s cabinet is expected to note the progress on the project on Tuesday, March 7.
