Hour-long traffic jams were reported on the M5 in Bristol after a car flipped onto its roof during a crash. The collision involved four vehicles on the motorway between junctions 18 and 19, over the Avonmouth[1] bridge, at around 5.45pm.
Traffic was st…
Major works to upgrade the M4 and M5 are nearing completion just in time for the Easter holidays. For more than 14 months, National Highways has been upgrading a six-mile section of motorway around the Almondsbury interchange to further improve driver …
New figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have pulled together data looking at the number of people entering and exiting every train station across the UK.
In total, there were 2.5 billion entries and exits across the UK in 2022-23.
This was a…
A raft of rail services will be hit by upgrade work which promises to bring “decades” of improvement for passengers.
Great Western Railway services via Gloucester and Bristol Parkway will be affected by improvement schemes this weekend (November 4th-5…
This weekend, work to upgrade signalling and renew track will cause disruption[1] to Great Western Railway[2] services via Gloucester[3] and Bristol Parkway[4].
Trains will not run between Gloucester and Kemble[5] or Yate on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 Nov…
Drivers on the M5 motorway from South Gloucestershire, through Bristol and into Somerset are being warned to prepare for the next phase of a major bridge refurbishment, which could mean they are delayed or have to take a detour.
The huge project will m…
A charity which has bought the iconic former motorway service station building which overlooks the old Severn Bridge at Aust has said its work to turn it into the country’s first custom-built exercise and play centre for disabled children and young peo…
Motorway drivers will face M5 closures over the coming week as a major bridge refurbishment project at a key junction is undertaken by National Highways. The bridges on the M5 at junctions 15 and 16 (Almondsbury and Patchway) are now over 50 years old …
M4/M5 Almonndsbury Interchange. Aerial view looking south-west towards Bradley Stoke. Photo credit: National Highways.
Motorists are being warned to expect months of contraflow on the M5 motorway near Bradley Stoke in connection with bridge repair wor…
Firefighters from two stations in north Bristol rushed to the scene of a huge van fire in a residential road this morning.
The blaze completely destroyed a large van, parked at the entrance to Martin Close in Patchway[1] just after 10.30am this morning…
Young adventurers from Templecombe are set to embark on a train trip filled with railway tales and steam-powered excitement as part of Community Rail Week. Organised by the Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership, the event aims to connect communitie…
Traffic was brought to a near standstill on the Prince of Wales Bridge and the M48 Severn Bridge for several hours as emergency services responded to the incident, which happened on the eastbound carriageway at Junction 21.
The emergency services were …