Jantra
Peiriannydd wrote:There is also work (that's not being discussed) on the line between Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff. They're working on some bridges and puting in a the same piles and steel frames (for the overhead lines) along this stretch that you're seeing up and down the main line from London.
I haven't been through Bath and Chippenham on the train for a while, so I don't know what's going on there at the moment.
The work between Temple Meads and Filton is to reinstate 4 tracks ahead of the Bristol Metro enhancements (much like the south east Wales one but even more delayed!). There won't be any electrification along here for a long time. The line between Parkway and Cardiff is being electrified and piling and masts are being done now ahead of completion next year.
The line via Bath has had track lowering works done but electrification has been mothballed along with Oxford for now.