St Annes Park Station was opened on the 23rd May 1898 and closed on the 5th January 1970.
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This is the view of the bridge at Langton Road, with Bristol East Depot beyond, as seen from the bridge at Wick Road in St Annes. A class 66 hauls an oil train through the deep cutting.
This was originally the site of Bristol No 1 Tunnel, but it was opened out in 1888/9.
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Looking East now and this is a general view of the site of St Annes Park station. Bristol No 2 Tunnel is in the distance.
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66209 trundles past as I view it from the bridge at Wick Road. The backside of this train can be seen in the first photo on this page.
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A single car DMU scurries towards Keynsham. The bridge in the background is Wick Road.
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This is as good a close up of Wick Road bridge that I could get without becoming a train driver. I probably shouldn't inflict it on you all, but in the quest for completeness I did...
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Looking East towards Bristol No 2 Tunnel as another DMU races past.
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This nodule of rock was found while blasting Bristol No 1 Tunnel and Brunel had it mounted on a plinth, although not originally at this spot. This was called the Apple. There should be a smaller rock sat on top which was called the Pear, but it looks like someone's half-inched it...
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However! I'm now thinking the above nodule of rock is an imposter...
This photo was kindly sent to me by Alex Ford and shows a nodule of sandstone mounted on a plinth outside Queen's Building, Bristol University on Woodland Road.
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This plaque confirms that this is the nodule discovered in St Annes and was presented to the University by British Rail.
So... what is the rock down by the tunnel mouth?? It's not the Apple, according to old photos I have, that was a much smaller stone. Anyone know?
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Updated information on these boulders can be found on the Forums
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