Bristol City Council is investing £395k pa on providing more train services on the Severn Beach Line under a three year contract with First Great Western, starting on 18 May 2008. The funding will provide an extra two-coach train set and traincrews, and will establish a roughly 40 minute train frequency on the route.

This will mean three trains every two hours in both directions between Bristol Temple Meads and Avonmouth (Monday to Saturday). In the mornings and evenings most services continue to Severn Beach, and between the morning and evening peaks one train every two hours goes beyond Avonmouth (replacingingthe current bus link. Also, for the first time, there will be an hourly service between Bristol Temple Meads and Avonmouth on Sundays.

In celebration Charlotte Leslie with members of FOSBR (Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways) after a long campaign to get the increased funding and services, sing a line or two about about the train line they care so much about.