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The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol, England. The line, which had a network of approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) of track, connected the Floating Harbour to the GWR mainline at Bristol Temple Meads .
(Original station) A4044 ... River Avon. to London, Wales & the North. This is a route-map template for the Bristol Harbour Railway, a UK railway.
The Bristol and Gloucester Railway from Bristol Temple Meads via Mangotsfield to Yate. The Thornbury branch line at Yate. The Portishead Railway from Parson Street to Portishead. The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway at Portishead. The Bristol Port Railway and Pier. The Bristol Harbour Railway. The Avonmouth Light Railway. Various sidings ...
A short line called the Bristol Harbour Railway was opened from the junction of the B&ER and Great Western Railway (GWR) at Temple Meads to the Floating Harbour in Bristol on 11 March 1872. It was 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) long, and included a tunnel, a long viaduct and an opening bridge.
The Heart of Wessex Line, also known as the Bristol to Weymouth Line, is a railway line that runs from Bristol Temple Meads to Westbury and Weymouth in England. It shares the Wessex Main Line as far as Westbury and then follows the course of the Reading to Taunton Line as far as Castle Cary .
A ferry boat passes the Welsh Back landing stage, with Bristol Bridge in the background. Bristol Ferry Boats operates passenger ferry boat services on Bristol Harbour in the centre of Bristol. [10] Services are operated for the leisure market to and from both the city centre and Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
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 .
Great Western Railway also operate a train between London Paddington – Cardiff Central every 30 minutes, with hourly extensions to Swansea. At Swansea/Cardiff there is a connecting Transport for Wales boat train to/from Fishguard Harbour for the Stena Line ferry to Rosslare Europort in Ireland.