St Annes Park

From Bristol Railway Archive

To Bristol, the North or Wales: Wick Road
To Bath:Bristol No2 Tunnel

History

St Annes Park Station was opened on the 23rd May 1898 and closed on the 5th January 1970. Station staff numbered five between 1913 to 1933. The station was unstaffed after 6th March 1967.

1930s

A 1930 view of the station.

1970s

A Hymek approaches the station, passing under the bridges at Wick Road and Langton Road. © Andy Kirkham

Hymek D7089 waits at the end of the platform. © Andy Kirkham

A similar view, but from the opposite platform, with another Hymek, this time at the head of an engineering train. © Andy Kirkham

2003

27.11.03

A general view of the site of St Annes Park station. Bristol No2 Tunnel is in the distance.	66209 trundles past with fuel for St Philips Marsh HST Depot.	A single car Class 153 scurries towards Keynsham. The bridge in the background is Wick Road.	Looking East towards Bristol No 2 Tunnel as an unidentified Class 150 races past.
A nodule of rock sits at the entrance to Bristol No2 Tunnel. This sits close to a spot where previous nodules of rock called The Apple & Pear once sat.	This photo shows a nodule of sandstone mounted on a plinth outside Queen's Building, Bristol University on Woodland Road. This bit of rock was called The Pear. © Alex Ford	This plaque confirms that this is the nodule discovered in St Annes and was presented to the University by British Rail Western Region in April 1965. © Alex Ford