Annetts key
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Trust me its much quicker than walking! Having done these moves at 10mph (the official speed of the BGAL) it makes all the moves on depot we do at 5mph feel very slow!!
Oh, yes, of course walking the 1 mile 8 chains (total length from North Somerset Junction to Bristol West Junction) does take a lot longer (not that I’ve actually done the whole length in one go mind).
But normally, when on a passenger train passing over a section where I’ve walked it, the difference (due to the speed of the train) is so big, that blink and you miss what it took you minutes to walk…
I hadn't appreciated how large the site is until I went through a few weeks ago.
Here’s a Google Map link
Then you can see the size from above