page_title: MetroWest (Bristol)
section_title: Upgrades and new stations on existing lines
hierarchical_section_title: MetroWest (Bristol) / Project description / Upgrades and new stations on existing lines
caption_attribution_description: English: Horfield station was opened in this cutting in 1927 on the then two-track main line from Bristol to south Wales. Two additional tracks were added to the right in 1933 but the original tracks were removed in 1984. Since then the number of trains on this route has doubled and so the two tracks are being reinstated in 2018.
context_page_description: MetroWest, formerly known as the Greater Bristol Metro, is a project to improve the rail services in Bristol, England, and the surrounding region. It was first proposed at First Great Western's Stakeholder Event in March 2008. The aim of the project is to develop half-hourly services through central Bristol which will also serve the surrounding West of England region. Transport campaigning group, Transport for Greater Bristol are actively supporting the proposal, as are the four unitary authorities under the West of England Combined Authority.
context_section_description: Upgrades to existing lines include the four-tracking of Filton Bank, the line from Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol Parkway, in order to separate local journeys from express and long distance trains, similar to the S-train principle. This work was completed in 2018 and will allow two trains per hour between Bristol Temple Meads and Yate, and two trains per hour from the Severn Beach Line to Bath Spa, which are expected to generate 0.25 and 0.6 million passengers per year respectively.
  In 2017, £2.23 million was allocated for construction of the Portway Parkway station which had been under discussion since 2009, of which £1.67m came from the government's New Stations Fund, with additional funding coming from the West of England Combined Authority and West of England Local Enterprise Partnership. Ground surveys began in 2017, with completion originally planned for 2019; however, planning permission was not granted until March 2019. Further potential station reopenings include Ashton Gate, St Anne's Park, Saltford and Horfield.
caption: Work in 2018 to reinstate the two extra tracks at the site of Horfield railway station
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