Fishponds

To Bristol: Lodge Causeway
To Bath or the North: New Station Road

History

Opened as Stapleton on the 1st April 1866, becoming Fish Ponds (two words) on 1st July 1867. Renamed Fishponds (one word) on 1st May 1939. Closed to goods on 13th December 1965 and passengers on 7th March 1966.

Fishponds signal box was built in 1896 and fitted with a new frame in 1905. It closed on 12th May 1968.

The goods shed survived until about 1991 when the whole area around the station was cleared to make room for a Safeway supermarket.

1800s

An intriguing and undated photo of Fishponds station that Simon Whittingham found in a jumble sale. Clerestory coaches stand at the down platform with more coaches stored in the down platform bay. There would seem to be three engines in steam in the goods yard. Most of the passengers are women or children and all seem to be wearing their Sunday best. The people on the train seem to be peering out of the doors rather expectantly, as if waiting for those on the platform to make their move. © Avon Valley Railway

1960s

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  Three photos showing the signal box at Fishponds (still showing the pre-war spelling of Fish Ponds). In this one a 4F is shunting the yard. © Roger Newport
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  An unidentified Black 5 coming up the bank on the 0900 Paignton-Leeds © Roger Newport
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  44941 on a Birmingham local. © Roger Newport
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  82038 on a Bath local heading for Staple Hill © Roger Newport

1970s

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  A series of photos showing track lifting at the station. © Emmdee
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  Simon took this photo of a rather derelict looking station building in 1971. © Simon Whittingham
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  The abandoned station sometime around 1972. © Tudor Williams

2005

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  The site of Fishponds station on 28.11.2005. This is the view towards Bristol. I'm stood at what would have been (pre-demolition) the end of the platforms.
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  The same spot looking north. Station Road is hidden behind the bushes, and there's a very busy Morrisons supermarket to the left. Fishponds Road, even further to the left was gridlocked. A perfect spot for a railway station then...
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  At the south of the station the line was crossed by a footbridge between Justice Road and Hockey's Road. This has been removed and a path built to join the Bristol-Bath cyclepath.
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  Looking north at the site of Fishponds station with the abutment of the footbridge on the right.
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  The abutment has been reused as an access point for a new building.