Super Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Plans revealed Bristol Underground: New map shows exactly where mass transit system would serve - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 I see a proposed station for Ashton Gate in-between all of that. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Looks great.However,being as this is Bristol it will never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 P.S.It will never happen after a fortune is wasted on planning,consultations etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 It’s pie in the sky. It’ll never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 nice election stunt, just in case anyone was interested in the map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 If this is open before 2050 I will be shocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t_b Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 I put the chances of this happening up there along with anyone coming up with a plan to drain the Frome & Avon and run mass transit along those channels instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Marvin was on points west last night saying it’ll cost around £4billion. Points west then said ‘no detail of how this could be funded has been announced.’ Good luck with that then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Globe Trotter said: Marvin was on points west last night saying it’ll cost around £4billion. Points west then said ‘no detail of how this could be funded has been announced.’ Good luck with that then! He does come across as pretty clueless tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 17 minutes ago, Super said: He does come across as pretty clueless tbh. It’s a not too subtle attempt at convincing the folk of Bristol that Marv is doing a good job......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Most politicians are either incompetent or corrupt. Marv ticks both boxes. Ferguson was just corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 It's like we have an election looming in 2 months time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 If/when the finances become available to fund such a huge project you can bet that whatever the price is now £4b you can quadruple that amount If when tunnelling starts there is an enormous amount of archeology underneath the City of Bristol just as there is in London in the Power tunnels and the archaeologists would be thrilled to examine whatever is found and they have the right to hold up any progress. Could probably put another couple of years on the build time and that costs money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, And Its Smith said: If this is open before 2050 I will be shocked Ten to Nine? You’d say it’s unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Slacker said: P.S.It will never happen after a fortune is wasted on planning,consultations etc. Aaaaaah but when it comes to spaffing council taxpayers money up the wall, we have fantastic experience of wasting tens of millions of money on the square root of naff all. Get Cheney in charge of it and we’ll be talking telephone numbers of money wasted. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, TomF said: It's like we have an election looming in 2 months time. Too right. In my job I deal with residents. I've been doing it for 2 and a half years. Out of 3 councillors in the ward I deal with I've only ever heard from one. However, in the last 3 weeks all 3 have suddenly sparked into life trying to give the impression to the voters they've actually done something for the previous 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 4 hours ago, TomF said: I see a proposed station for Ashton Gate in-between all of that. Interesting. The Mem as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 If this does ever get built, all of us on here will be long gone by the time it eventually happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, The Bard said: Too right. In my job I deal with residents. I've been doing it for 2 and a half years. Out of 3 councillors in the ward I deal with I've only ever heard from one. However, in the last 3 weeks all 3 have suddenly sparked into life trying to give the impression to the voters they've actually done something for the previous 5 years. This time last year it was fresh arena plans iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne allisons tongues Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 Looking at the map and not living in Bristol for a while now. Is all of it becoming under/overground or bits that say bus routes stay as bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erithacus Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 It looks lovely on a flat piece of paper, but how are the trains going to get up the many hills 'round yer? No mention of the actual technology to create and run on the lines. London benefits from being a relatively flat area, no Totterdowns there. Or as us old locals still say 'I'll believe it when I sees it.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 12, 2021 Report Share Posted March 12, 2021 This could be slightly feasible if Bristol was somewhere else - i.e. a flat part of the country. As Bristol is basically a series of hills, the the tunnels would be a long way underground when they reached the suburbs (With the exception of funicular trains etc they can’t go up steep hills so track gradients are slight). This means stations in the suburbs would be at a great depth, resulting in increased costs. Another factor is the number of passengers who might use the system. Undergrounds such as London have high usage all day. In Bristol there would probably be high use during morning and evening rush hours but low usage during the rest of the day meaning the system could never be truly profitable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erithacus Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 If it was possible I reckon Bristol would need to embrace some form of Mass Passenger Transit train system that can travel overland like a tram, underground (like the Tube) where neccessary and probably overhead like a monorail in the congested zones. That might address some of the challenges of the great variation of height, plus the practical need to get as many people in and out of stations. If only IKB was still around, eh? Clearly a lot of joined up thinking is demanded for the city's transport network, plus a shedload of cash from somewhere. Give me a prod when it occurs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Erithacus said: If it was possible I reckon Bristol would need to embrace some form of Mass Passenger Transit train system that can travel overland like a tram, underground (like the Tube) where neccessary and probably overhead like a monorail in the congested zones. That might address some of the challenges of the great variation of height, plus the practical need to get as many people in and out of stations. If only IKB was still around, eh? Clearly a lot of joined up thinking is demanded for the city's transport network, plus a shedload of cash from somewhere. Give me a prod when it occurs... To quote a sensible g*shead I know when talking about their imaginary new stadium `I`ll believe it when I`m sat in it` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 20 hours ago, Globe Trotter said: Marvin was on points west last night saying it’ll cost around £4billion. Points west then said ‘no detail of how this could be funded has been announced.’ Good luck with that then! £4bn seems like a bargain....there will easily be another zero on the end of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 18 hours ago, Northern Red said: If this does ever get built, all of us on here will be long gone by the time it eventually happens. I still reckon it will be built quicker than a new home for Rovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Erithacus said: If it was possible I reckon Bristol would need to embrace some form of Mass Passenger Transit train system that can travel overland like a tram, underground (like the Tube) where neccessary and probably overhead like a monorail in the congested zones. That might address some of the challenges of the great variation of height, plus the practical need to get as many people in and out of stations. If only IKB was still around, eh? Clearly a lot of joined up thinking is demanded for the city's transport network, plus a shedload of cash from somewhere. Give me a prod when it occurs... Something like this perhaps, just scaled up to bus size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 I might be a lone voice, but I feel quite positive about this. Firstly, it's a great idea, and would do wonders for Bristol. Public transport that really works. And if Marvin Rees is the person who wants to push for it then all power to him. Some of the posts on here read almost like 'it's a great idea, shame it came from Marvin Rees'. Every great scheme like this starts with that kind of vision - but it needs a bit of belief and positivity or else its never going to happen. Of course the election's not a co-incidence. The scheme itself isn't new (I remember it being touted a year or so ago) so it's not just been dreamt up yesterday. But isn't the whole point of elections and election campaigns to set out what you as a candidate will do for your constituency if you get elected? Expensive? Yes. Pipedream? Maybe - but I think it is the kind of scheme that government will be looking to as part of it's post pandemic rebuild. Capital, construction, schemes like this are high up the agenda to rebuild the economy. It will have competition, but it's got to be in with a shout. Good luck with it Marvin. Always believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 19 hours ago, Erithacus said: It looks lovely on a flat piece of paper, but how are the trains going to get up the many hills 'round yer? No mention of the actual technology to create and run on the lines. London benefits from being a relatively flat area, no Totterdowns there. Or as us old locals still say 'I'll believe it when I sees it.' Aye, come and dig me up when it happens so I can have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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