Forgotten railways of Dorset
BRITAIN was the first country in the world to have a modern railway - with iron tracks and a steam locomotive. The kingdom thrived during the 1800s as a result of the industrial revolution with the first steam railway locomotive being introduced by Richard Trevithick in 1804. Since then there has been a lot of development in the rail industry most astonishingly switching from coal powered locomotives to diesel and now making the switch to electric lines. As a result of modernisation old railway lines and stations have become abandoned and lacked purpose in the modern world.
Forgotten railways of Dorset
BRITAIN was the first country in the world to have a modern railway - with iron tracks and a steam locomotive. The kingdom thrived during the 1800s as a result of the industrial revolution with the first steam railway locomotive being introduced by Richard Trevithick in 1804. Since then there has been a lot of development in the rail industry most astonishingly switching from coal powered locomotives to diesel and now making the switch to electric lines. As a result of modernisation old railway lines and stations have become abandoned and lacked purpose in the modern world.
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All change at Temple Meads
By Martin Booth, Friday Mar 5, 2021
Ambitions for Bristol Temple Meads to become “a world class rail interchange” for 22m passengers each year are part of new plans published for the future of the railway station and surrounding areas.
Stretching from Temple Meads to the Paintworks, the Temple Quarter area, which encompasses much of St Philip’s Marsh, could see up to 10,000 new homes built.
The area around the station “will be rejuvenated with housing, shops and hospitality outlets creating a new area of the city where people can live, shop, visit and socialise”.
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