Editing Bristol Parkway railway station (section)

== Future ==

The [[South Wales Main Line]] from London to [[Cardiff]] has been electrified.<ref>{{cite web |title=London–Cardiff Electrification Fully Completed |url=https://railway-news.com/london-cardiff-electrification-complete/ |publisher=Railway-News |date=8 June 2020|access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> However, the lines [[Bristol to Exeter line|to Weston-super-Mare]] and the [[Cross Country Route]] to [[Birmingham New Street]], the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], the [[East Midlands]] and [[Northern England]]  will not be electrified, so local and CrossCountry services will still be provided by diesel trains.<ref name="decrease">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-19208862|title=Weston-super-Mare to London rail re-franchise concerns|date=10 August 2012|access-date=13 August 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="Rail772">{{cite journal|title=How the West will win with new trains|author=Clinnick, Richard|journal=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|date=15 April 2015|pages=58–59|issue=772|location=Peterborough|url=http://www.railmagazine.com/trains/new-trains/how-the-west-will-win-with-new-trains|access-date=12 October 2015}}</ref> In 2011, the group [[Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways]] supported the electrification continuing to Weston,<ref name="benefits">{{cite news |url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rail-benefits-just-mainline/story-11304651-detail/story.html |title=Benefits of Bristol to London high-speed rail link 'must go beyond just mainline'|date=3 March 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |work=This is Bristol |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]}}</ref><ref name="FoSBR11">{{cite web |url=http://fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |title=FoSBR Newsletter |issue=78 |publisher=[[Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways]] |date=Autumn 2011 |access-date=9 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204095719/http://www.fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as did the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[John Penrose]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.johnpenrose.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:westons-rail-commuter-services-could-be-cut-warns-towns-mp&catid=48:communities-not-dormitories&Itemid=108 |title=Weston's rail commuter services could be cut, warns town's MP |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=5 April 2012 |author=Penrose, John |author-link=John Penrose |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103135443/http://www.johnpenrose.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258%3Awestons-rail-commuter-services-could-be-cut-warns-towns-mp&catid=48%3Acommunities-not-dormitories&Itemid=108 |archive-date=3 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MP-takes-drive-better-rail-services/story-13697379-detail/story.html |title=MP takes drive for better rail services to top |date=29 October 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |work=This is Bristol |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016121452/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MP-takes-drive-better-rail-services/story-13697379-detail/story.html |archive-date=16 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Bristol Parkway is on the Weston-super-Mare/{{rws|Yate}} corridor, one of the main axes of [[MetroWest (Bristol)|MetroWest]], a rail transport plan which aims to enhance transport capacity in the Bristol area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westofengland.org/media/98508/item%2004%20greater%20bristol%20metro%2013%20march%202009.pdf |title=Item 04: Greater Bristol Metro |first=James |last=White |publisher=West of England Partnership |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515034151/http://www.westofengland.org/media/98508/item%2004%20greater%20bristol%20metro%2013%20march%202009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaign-trains-Bristol-Temple-Meads-half-hour/story-14446079-detail/story.html |title=Campaign for trains from Bristol Temple Meads every half-hour |work=This is Bristol |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]] |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120002540/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaign-trains-Bristol-Temple-Meads-half-hour/story-14446079-detail/story.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 }}</ref> Under its previous name of Greater Bristol Metro, 2012 plans considered the reopening of the [[Henbury Loop Line]] to passengers, with the possibility of services from Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol Parkway via {{rws|Clifton Down}} and {{rws|Henbury}}.<ref name="metro">{{cite news|author=Ribbeck, Michael |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]] |work=[[The Post, Bristol]] |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=6 July 2012 |title=£100 million Bristol Metro train network by 2016 |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/100-million-Bristol-Metro-train-network-2016/story-16492523-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708233227/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/100-million-Bristol-Metro-train-network-2016/story-16492523-detail/story.html |archive-date= 8 July 2012 }}</ref> The current MetroWest Phase 2 proposals are for a spur to Henbury, served by trains from {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}, without a direct connection to Parkway.<ref name="metrowestph2">{{cite web |title=Henbury rail line: MetroWest Phase 2 |url=https://travelwest.info/projects/henbury-rail-line-metrowest-phase-2/ |website=TravelWest |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>