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The Severn Beach line from Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads. A new station will be built at Portway providing an alternative link from the Park and Ride. The line would have a half-hourly service from Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth, and hourly to Severn Beach. The Great Western Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Bath Spa.
The lines would have services to/from Bristol Temple Meads, and were each expected to carry 0.4 million passengers per year. [34] In April 2016, it was reported that the North Somerset Council had agreed to buy two parcels of land for the creation of the Portishead and Pill stations at the cost of £880,000. [35]
Portishead railway station was opened by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway on 18 April 1867; it was approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) beyond the village of Portishead and handled both passengers and goods. [2] [3] [4] The Pier was opened in 1870 and line was extended to the pier, with an additional railway station opened by the pier. [3]
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.
From 4 September 2016, the peak service frequency was reduced from 12 minutes to 15 minutes and the route was extended to Temple Meads railway station. [6] [7] In anticipation of a predicted drop in passenger numbers due to the introduction of MetroBus route m1 in January 2019, the route saw its frequency reduced to every 20 minutes. [8] [9] [10]
Stapleton Road became one of Bristol's busiest stations, but service levels reduced significantly in the 1960s when reversing trains at Bristol Temple Meads became common. The goods facilities were closed in 1965, staff were withdrawn in 1967 and the line was reduced to two tracks in 1984.
The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central. [1] Diverging from this route is the Heart of Wessex Line from Westbury to Weymouth. The Wessex Main Line intersects the Reading to Taunton Line at Westbury and the West of England Main Line at Salisbury.
Temple Meads station. There are two principal railway stations in Bristol – Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads – and 11 suburban stations. There are scheduled coach links to most major UK cities. Bristol Airport (BRS), about 8 miles (13 km) south-west of the city centre, has services to major European destinations