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Work underway on new Bristol railway station
Work has started on the construction of the Portway Parkway railway station, the first to be developed in the Bristol area in more than 20 years.The £2.23m station will serve the existing Portway Park & Ride site near Avonmouth and is scheduled to be completed by 2019.It follows the news in July 2017 that Department for Transport had awarded £1.76m in funding to Bristol Council towards the project as part of a £16m investment in new stations across the UK.The new West of England Combined Authority and the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership have provided additional funding through the Local Growth Fund.The project forms part of a long-term rail strategy for the city region through the MetroWest programme, including improved frequencies on the Severn Beach Line which will serve the station by 2020.
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