The developer behind Bristol Arena has released computer-generated images of the train station it is planning to build as part of its huge scheme.
Malaysia-based YTL, which is constructing a vast neighbourhood on the former Filton Airfield to the north of the city, is proposing a new station at the site. The company is working with Network Rail on the plans.
The station at Brabazon – currently known as Filton North – will connect the new development and the arena to Bristol Temple Meads in less than 15 minutes once it is completed as part of MetroWest Phase 2, YTL has said.
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There will also be a dedicated MetroBus route to the neighbourhood.
Network Rail will be submitting a detailed planning application for the station this month. YTL said it expected to begin construction in 2022, with the station then scheduled to be operational in 2023, if planning is approved.
The Bristol Arena is then scheduled to open its doors for the first time in 2024.
YTL Developments said it was contributing more than £1m to the cost of the station, which forms part of an integrated transport plan for the new neighbourhood.
It said its approach was designed to "ensure" the necessary transport infrastructure was in place from the start of the transformation of the site.
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The new rail station will connect with the MetroBus as it passes through Brabazon. It will also link to the network of walking routes and cycle paths that will criss-cross the new neighbourhood.
According to YTL, there will be step-free access, covered waiting areas on both platforms and dedicated blue-badge parking spaces. There will also be covered cycle parking and CCTV.
Seb Loyn, director at YTL Developments, said: “Investing in public transport and active travel is a key part of the vision to ensure Brabazon becomes a thriving new neighbourhood for Bristol.
"With our first homes now selling fast, the new rail station due to be operational by 2023 and then Brabazon Park and the YTL Arena Bristol due to open in 2024, progress is well underway to deliver on that vision.”
Details of the station come just a few weeks after YTL appointed consultants to develop designs for Brabazon Park, which will be just 200 metres west of the new station and directly in front of the Bristol Arena.
The new park, which is expected to open to the public in 2024, is set to be the largest new urban public park in the South West for more than 50 years.
The first two-, three- and four-bedroom homes and one- and two-bedroom apartments at Brabazon – in a phase known as The Hangar District – are also under construction approximately 300 metres to the north of the new station.
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The first residents moved in in May this year.
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