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51.441731, -2.625571, Ashton Gate
51.439644, -2.624402, [[Ashton Junction]]
51.444539, -2.623758, [[Ashton Meadows Sidings]]
51.446037, -2.621956, [[Ashton Swing Bridge]]
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'''To Parson Street Junction''': [[Frayne's Colliery]]<br>
'''To Portishead''': [[Access Bridge]]
== History ==
The station was opened as''' Ashton Gate Platform''' on the 15th September [[1906]], for football traffic only, with a regular service starting on 1st October [[1906]]. Closed on 1st November [[1917]] as a wartime economy measure. Rebuilt and reopened on 23rd May [[1926]]. The use of the word 'Platform' was dropped in August [[1928]] and the station was last staffed on 29th October [[1962]]. It officially closed on 7th September [[1964]] but opened temporarily between [[1970]]-[[1977]] for football specials, and again between 12th-19th May [[1984]] for '''Mission England''', a serious of preachings by Billy Graham, which took place at the nearby Ashton Gate football ground. 
== 1980s ==
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Image:Ashton Gate1.jpg|A special service comprising of several DMUs stand at the station. ''&copy; [[:Category:Mike Radford|Mike Radford]]''
Image:Ashton Gate2.jpg|A view south from the station. [[Ashton Junction]] is under the road bridges. [[Ashton Meadows Sidings]] to the left. ''&copy; [[:Category:Mike Radford|Mike Radford]]''
Image:Ashton Gate3.jpg|A view from the road bridge of the Home Starter and [[Ashton Meadows Sidings]] as they were in 1989. The station is on the left of the picture.
Image:Ashton Gate4.jpg|The up line became a long siding before falling into total disrepair. This line disappeared completely when the line was rebuilt for freight to [[Royal Portbury Dock]].
Image:Ashton Gate5.jpg|The view north. The bridge carries an access road to an engineering depot at [[Ashton Meadows Sidings]].
Image:Ashton Gate8.jpg|A view towards [[Ashton Junction]] taken in January [[1994]]. ''&copy; [[:Category:Martin Potter|Martin Potter]]''
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== 2002 ==
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Image:Ashton Gate6.jpg|The line to [[Royal Portbury Dock]] was reopened in [[2002]] and new track was laid through the station site as part of the reopening. ''&copy; [[:Category:Andy Spencer|Andy Spencer]]''
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== 2003 ==
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Image:Ashton Gate7.jpg|The view south from the [[Access Bridge]] with the remains of Ashton Gate station below.
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[[Category:B&PP&RC]]
[[Category:GWR]]
[[Category:Gerald Peacock]]
[[Category:Martin Potter]]
[[Category:Mike Radford]]
[[Category:Andy Spencer]]
[[Category:Stations:Closed]]