Press Articles 2008 - 2010 - latest at top

Below are most of the articles about the railway or with a connection, that have featured in the local press (and sometimes national media) during 2008 and 2009. Articles from previous years are also available. See bottom of page. The headlines below link to the newspapers’ archived articles or to copies of the text. Articles marked # are unfortunately no longer available from this site as they have been removed from the newspaper’s site. Note: some links may be slow to open.

Rail link plan hit by spending cuts

Evening Post 9 July 2010

New supermarket and hotel bid may affect railway

Evening Post 12 March 2010

£10m blow for Bristol/Portishead rail link dream

Evening Post 12 February 2010

Group call to scrap £47m road and upgrade Bristol rail link

Evening Post 28 January 2010

Bristol rail link could be scrapped in favour of Bendy buses

Evening Post 13 January 2010

Rail boss attacks Bristol's 'woeful' lack of services

Evening Post 8 December 2009

Report boosts rail bid

Clevedon Mercury 3 September 2009

£1.2 billion boost for English rail and metro services

Railnews.co.uk 4 August 2009

Railway boost in industry report

Mercury 16 June 2009

Portishead Rail Link will take ‘six years’

Evening Post 3 April 2009

Railway line moves a step closer #

North Somerset Times 28 January 2009

Town may get new railway station

BBC News - web site 28 January 2009

Network Rail study to go ahead (PDF File 50 Kb)

Press release 27 January 2009

Council makes tracks toward Bristol to Portishead line

Evening Post 19 August 2008

Rail boom boost for Posset line

Clevedon Mercury 31 July 2008

Railway line back on track?

North Somerset Times 29 June 2008

The Portishead Line

Evening Post 23 June 2008

Trains could take the strain for commuters by 2014

Western Daily Press 19 June 2008

Let’s get Bristol Trains on the right track

Evening Post 10 June 2008

Survey could put rail plan back on track

Clevedon Mercury 6 March 2008

Forget water taxis, reopen our rail line

Evening Post 20 February 2008

Deal would keep rail link bid alive

Evening Post 31 January 2008

PM runs towns train bid off the rails (reply to petition) #

Western Daily Press 17 January 2008

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