Talk:Portishead Railway

Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway
I have reverted the move of this page to Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway, which was made on 6 June to reflect the legal name of the company which built it. The rather obvious reason is that this article is not about the company. >95% of the article text is about a railway, and not about a company. I haven't checked with Companies House, but I'm guessing that the company does not exist, and has not existed, probably since the completion of construction, but certainly for many decades. Thus, at least a quarter of the article -- the reopening section -- has nothing at all to do with that company. Joe D (t) 10:13, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * While this is correct, I am wary about the page title of 'Portishead Railway' as the capitalisation suggests that this is a proper name; it has no legal or historical standing that I am aware of. Perhaps this should be renamed 'Bristol to Portishead line' to bring it in line with the naming conventions for other British railway lines? Geof Sheppard (talk) 12:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I share your reservation about the legal or historical standing, but suggest an alternative name of 'Portishead Branch' or 'Portishead branch'. It was the Portishead branch of the GWR and presumably also a branch line of BR. 16:53, Pyrotec (talk) 2 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Fwiw my reference book Carter says the Bristol and Portishead Rly was authorised on (date) and this replaced the Portbury Pier and Railway which had been authorised but which failed. I think the best way of handling the title is to leave it alone and to explain the (pedantic?) subtleties in the first paragraph; and to make sure the redirects work. I'll do this shortly, time permitting. Afterbrunel (talk) 18:44, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

Line Diagram
The page does not mention the link to the western end of the Bristol Harbour Railway system. This is (was) between the junction with the main line and the first station. This link was used by the Western Fuel Company for access to their sidings behind the Bristol Industrial Museum until about 2000. The junction was removed when the Portishead branch was rebuilt, thus isolating the remaining lines of the Bristol Harbour. I don't seem to be able to edit the line diagram so have left this edit for others to possibly do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.140.165.49 (talk) 17:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll have a go at the diagram based upon the 1955 Atlas. What was the mileage for the junction? Railwayfan2005 (talk) 18:45, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 03:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)