St Andrews Road railway station

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St Andrews Road
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General information
Location Avonmouth, Bristol
England
Coordinates 51°30′48″N2°41′46″W / 51.5132°N 2.6962°W / 51.5132; -2.6962
Grid reference ST517795
Managed by Great Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeSAR
Classification DfT category F2
Key dates
1 March 1917Opened for workmen only
13 November 1922closed
30 June 1924reopened as a public station
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 5,728

St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrew's Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, Bristol, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.

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This station is 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. Its three letter station code is SAR. All trains serving it are operated by and the station is managed by Great Western Railway. DB Cargo UK used to operate coal trains to the Aberthaw power stations in Wales on an 'as required' basis before it closed down in March 2020, [1] and formerly to the now closed Didcot A Power Station from the adjacent bulk freight terminal.

For many years, it has been the least used railway station in Bristol. [2]

History

The station was opened in March 1917 [3] for workmen, but closed on 13 November 1922. It reopened on 30 June 1924 as a public station. [4]

For many years the station had an infrequent service in each direction, but this was increased to hourly in the December 2021 timetable change.

Service

All services at St Andrews Road are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 166 Turbo DMUs. [5] [6]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [7]

The station is also served by one early morning service on weekdays that extends beyond Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare, one evening weekday service to Salisbury and one Sunday afternoon service that continues to Exeter St Davids.

Services heading towards Severn Beach generally originate at Weston-super-Mare. However, all services from Severn Beach terminate at Bristol Temple Meads, and therefore there is only a very limited service reaching there, but there is more regular service from there to St Andrews Road.

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Great Western Railway
Disused railways
Avonmouth   Great Western Railway
  Chittening Platform
Line open, station closed

St Andrew's Road station was featured in the Channel 4 series Paul Merton's Secret Stations Season 1 Episode 2 broadcast on 8 May 2016[ citation needed ]. This series features British comedian Paul Merton visiting various request stop railway stations around Britain.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ambrose, Jillian (31 March 2020). "Fiddler's Ferry and Aberthaw plants shut as firms ditch coal". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Estimates of station usage".
  3. ↑ History of the Severn Beach Line Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Private and Untimetabled Railway stations by G.Croughton page 121
  5. ↑ "Massive increase in Bristol train seats begins today" (Press release). FirstGroup. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Modern trains and new technology for Bristol rail passengers". Global Railway Review. Russell Publishing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Train times: Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare to Avonmouth and Severn Beach" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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