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Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England.It is located 118 miles 31 chains (118.39 mi; 190.5 km) away from London Paddington.It is an important transport hub for public transport in the city; there are bus services to many parts of the city and surrounding districts, with a ferry to the city centre.
Bristol Temple Meads – Avonmouth or Severn Beach; Great Malvern – Bristol Temple Meads – Southampton Central or Weymouth; Swindon – Gloucester or Weymouth; Cardiff Central – Portsmouth Harbour; 1990–92 3 16 166: 3 21 Great Western Railway: 1992–93 345: Electric Multiple Unit: 90 145 9 70 Elizabeth line: London Paddington to ...
The station is located 3 miles 72 chains (6.3 km) along the line from Bristol Temple Meads, and 9 miles 51 chains (15.5 km) from Severn Beach. [27] [28] [note 1] It is the fifth station from Temple Meads. [29] There are two running lines, roughly orientated east–west, but curving towards the north at both ends.
In January 2021, Monday-Friday services between Bristol Temple Meads and Bristol Parkway railway station were withdrawn, resulting in a reduced frequency of 30 minutes in this section. [13] From 30 January 2022, the route was shortened within Bradley Stoke by avoiding Baileys Court Road and Webbs Wood Road.
The Torbay Express departs from Bristol Temple Meads railway station on summer Sundays at approximately 09:15 with arrival back in Bristol at about 20:10 (depending on the route). Great Western Railway
The Severn Beach line is a local railway line in Bristol and Gloucestershire, England, which runs from Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach, and used to extend to Pilning. [2] The first sections of the line were opened in 1865 as part of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier ; the section through Bristol was opened in 1875 as the Clifton Extension ...
The Portishead Branch Line, which diverged from the Bristol to Exeter line at Parson Street Junction, [Note 3] the other side of a road bridge west of where the station would be built, had opened on 12 July 1867. It was only in 1871, with the opening of a station at Bedminster that there was a stop between the junction and Bristol Temple Meads ...
The old Bristol and Exeter Railway signal box was closed on 9 December 1985 when control of the level crossing was transferred to the new panel signal box at Exeter. The station is recognisable today, with the empty signal box still remaining at the north end of the southbound platform, one of the buildings still on the platform, and the goods ...