Transport: Gloucester Railway Station and roads

In March 2016 (see HERE) I updated readers on my vision for a greatly improved railway station, with an additional new car park and access to the station from Great Western Road; improved underpass from Bruton Way to Great Western Road, and a new forecourt and exit onto Metz Way from the existing ca

I’ve been contacted by passengers on GWR commuter trains to Bristol about the number of carriages on this service. So I’ve raised this with GWR and they’ve apologised for fleet issues. The service has changed from a three carriage class 150 train to a two car “turbo” service.

Gloucester Residents have welcomed £3.75m secured to revamp Gloucester station.

Some things, when you want to improve a city, turn out to be surprisingly awkward. The temptation is to focus on easier goals - after all the electoral cycle is quite short. But I believe in persistence. This e-news is about changes at our train station, including the underpass for pedestrians.

Gloucester MP Richard Graham, who has worked on improvements for Gloucester Train Station for the last eight years, says the new £3.75m Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) funding will mean “we’ll be proud of our Train Station and surrounding area”. “Let’s be honest” he said: “Gloucester Train Stati

Those of you who use the Gloucester-Bristol train service may have noticed some changes to the trains in recent weeks. Great Western Railways (GWR) has begun rolling out new three car turbo trains onto many of their Gloucester to Bristol services to replace the existing two car Class 150 trains on

Gloucester MP Richard Graham has welcomed news that Gloucester rail commuters to Bristol will benefit from 100 extra seats on key GWR services. Western Railway (GWR) has begun rolling out new three car turbo trains onto many of their Gloucester to Bristol services to replace the existing two car Cl

"In 2018 our new bus station, extra railway station car park, Kingsway surgery, University of Gloucestershire Business School and student accommodation at Blackfriars will all open,” said MP Richard Graham. In addition MP Richard said we’ll know the result in February of our key

Richard Graham says changes are needed to the pedestrian crossing at the ‘CD Rack’ and the Trier Way junction on Southgate Street as key elements to reduce city centre traffic and improve air quality in Gloucester. Richard said, “work has improved the C&G roundabout and continues at the Elmbrid