Brislington railway station

Brislington
A postcard of Brislington station around 1904
General information
Location	Brislington, Bristol England
Coordinates	51°26′02″N2°33′19″W / 51.433821°N 2.555345°W / 51.433821; -2.555345
Grid reference	ST614673
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
3 September 1873 (1873-09-03)	Station opened
2 November 1959 (1959-11-02)	Station closed to passengers
7 October 1963 (1963-10-07)	Station closed for goods
Location

Brislington railway station was a railway station in Brislington, a suburb of Bristol, England.

The station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway opened on 3 September 1873. It closed to passengers after the last train on 31 October 1959 and to goods traffic on 7 October 1963. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The site is off Talbot Road, close to the junction with the A4 Bath Road, and is used as a scrap metal yard. Parts of the platforms remain in place, although no buildings survive.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bristol Temple Meads Station open, Line closed		Great Western Railway Bristol and North Somerset Railway		Whitchurch Halt Line and station closed

References

1. "Brislington". Bristol Railway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
2. "Brislington Station". Pastscape. Historic England. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
3. Avon County Planning Department (1983). Railways in Avon: A Short History of Their Development and Decline. County of Avon.