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Lockleaze Footbridge

2026-06-22T17:48:54Z

Weirdoldhattie: /* 2016 */

'''To Bristol or Bath''': [[Muller Road]]
 '''To Wales, The North or London''': [[Lockleaze Road]]
== History ==
This bridge was put in place during the 1930s when the lines up [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]] were quadrupled. Until then the crossing had been by way of boards on the level.
== 1930s ==
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge1.jpg|'''6029''' King Edward VIII climbs Ashley Hill on the 25.5.36 with the up [[w:The Bristolian|Bristolian]] while a local service tries to race it. The Bristolian was using brand new carriages.
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== 1960s ==
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge2.jpg|A [[w:GWR 6800 Class|68xx]] class loco passes under the bridge and heads towards the bridge at [[Lockleaze Road]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
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== 1980s ==
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Image:47500-3.jpg|[[47500]] descends through Lockleaze with the 8.50 Swindon to Weston Super Mare on the 12.6.83
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== 2004 ==
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge3.jpg|The footbridge as approached from a footpath on Dovercourt Road.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge4.jpg|The view along the bridge.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge5.jpg|The view south shows the spot where the track is slewed across from what once was the relief line over to the formation of the main line. The resulting S bend was a great spot to take photos with a telephoto lens. 158870 climbs the hill.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge6.jpg|The view north. The bridge in the background is that at [[Lockleaze Road]]
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge7.jpg|A zoomed view north.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge8.jpg|On the 3rd July 2004 I caught [[w:LNER Class A4 4488 Union of South Africa|Union of South Africa]] climbing the hill :)
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== 2005 ==
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge9.jpg|A view of the bridge taken from [[Lockleaze Road]] on 13.3.05. Relaying of track is taking place.
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== 2006 ==
18.2.06
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge23.jpg|Photographers waiting for [[w:LMS Princess Royal Class|6201 Princess Elizabeth]] to climb [[:Category:Filton Bank|the hill]].
Image:158964-6.jpg|[[158964]]
Image:66175-1.jpg|[[66175]]
Image:150244-10.jpg|[[150244]]
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge10.jpg|Following months and months of arson attacks and vandalism [[w:Network Rail|Network Rail]] send out a crew to effect repairs to the bridge.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge11.jpg|Big holes had appeared in the decking and new wood has gone down and is seen here being waterproofed.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge12.jpg|British Transport Police have issued posters at the spot and miraculously no one has set fire to them... Most of the problems at the bridge could easily be cured by the police finally putting a stop to the local off-licence from selling booze to the under-aged.
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== 2007 ==
18.2.07
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge13.jpg|A couple of Voyagers pass under the bridge on 22.1.07.
Image:158769-2.jpg|[[158769]] climbs [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]] on 18.2.07.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge14.jpg|On 19.3.07 work began on enclosing the footbridge in anti-vandal caging.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge15.jpg|[[143619]] heads south.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge16.jpg|Work in progress on 23.3.07.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge17.jpg|
Image:66027-1.jpg|I took the opportunity to get my last shots from the bridge before the cage was finished. [[66027]] heading north with an engineering train.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge18.jpg|The bridge viewed later that same afternoon. The whole length had been enclosed in metal.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge19.jpg|Workmen tinker with the bridge on 24.3.07.
Image:Lockleaze Footbridge20.jpg|Two views of the finished bridge taken on 19.4.07.
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== 2008 ==
30.6.08
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Image:Lockleaze Footbridge22.jpg|Since my last visit the bridge has received a coat of paint to smarten it up and then been attacked again by the graffiti merchants.
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== 2013 ==
26.6.13
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The bridge has been modified with a strip of roofing felt running through the middle.
== 2016 ==
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File:LockleazeFootbridge23.jpg|Work in progress to reinstate the four tracks up Filton Bank. New signalling has been put in place and a deep hole dug beneath the bridge. '''19.5.16'''
File:LockleazeFootbridge24.jpg|A new access road has been constructed to the south of the bridge.
File:150216-2.jpg|[[150216]] heads for [[Filton Abbey Wood]].
File:158766-2.jpg|[[158766]] passes by the continuing construction of a replacement bridge. '''19.7.16'''
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== 2018 ==
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Image:Lockleazeroad27.jpg|A view of the new footbridge. Taken from [[Lockleaze Road]] on the 7th May. The bridge was yet to open.
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== 2020 ==
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Image:LockleazeFootbridge28.jpg|
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A selection of photos showing the replacement footbridge. 4.11.20
== 2026 ==
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Image:LockleazeFootbridge34.jpg|Two views of the footbridge itself. This is the south entrance.
Image:LockleazeFootbridge35.jpg|And the north.
Image:LockleazeFootbridge36.jpg|The view north towards [[Lockleaze Road]]. All restored to four tracks.
Image:LockleazeFootbridge37.jpg|The view south.
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== External Links ==
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/29742055@N00/sets/72057594062559875/ A set of photos on Flickr]
== Videos ==
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc1FFZwzMr0 66108 on Portbury Coal] 19.12.06
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u4EDXhcO0XQ 158961 climbs the hill] 20.12.06
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=61TqroI9Dx4 150261 at Lockleaze] 20.12.06
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qsZjfw-ZZhA A Voyager descends the hill] 20.12.06
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oocbaA_TUx4 66202 on a coal train] 22.1.07
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nQgwsy0gdB0 158968 climbing the hill]] 22.1.07
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o8KmlXmmy7o 158747 descending the hill]] 22.1.07
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LuV2i7LmjCY The Great Britain 71000] 8.4.07
*[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vw7BiERrazs 6233 Filton Bank] 1.9.07
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBBKNfE2TNg 66156 descends Filton Bank with an empty coal train destined for Royal Portbury Dock] 30.6.08
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150216

2026-06-22T17:40:36Z

Weirdoldhattie:

[[Class 150]]
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Image:150216-1.jpg|26.6.12
Image:150216-2.jpg|Climbing through Lockleaze on 19.5.16
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File:150216-2.jpg

2026-06-22T17:39:48Z

Weirdoldhattie:

Filton Abbey Wood

2026-06-19T18:10:36Z

Weirdoldhattie:

'''To Bristol or Bath''': [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]]
 '''To Wales, The North or London''': [[Filton Coal Concentration Depot]]
== History ==
This station was built by the [[w:Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|M.O.D.]] to replace [[Filton Junction]] station. It was opened on the 11th March [[1996]]. In 2004 the station was rebuilt to provide an extra platform face which was brought into use on the 29th June. Before the station was remodelled the junction to the north had one of the worse cases for [[w:Signal passed at danger|SPADS]] in the country, with 12 incidents having been recorded in a report published in 1999.

In the [[w:Strategic Rail Authority|Strategic Rail Authority’s]] 2005/06 financial year, Filton Abbey Wood was ranked as the 647th most-used station in Great Britain, making it one of the busiest unstaffed stations.
== 1996 ==
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Image:FiltonAbbeyWood100.jpg|An unidentified [[Class 37]] heads south as the station nears completion. The remains of the track that led to the [[Filton Coal Concentration Depot]] can be seen on the left. ''© [[:Category:Craig Munday|Craig Munday]]''
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== 2003 ==
1.11.03
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood1.jpg|These cycle lockers are outside the station in the car park.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood2.jpg|The view from the car park towards the station.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood3.jpg|Electrical cabinets alongside the path to the station.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood4.jpg|There was a small headshunt next to the car park that terminated at this buffer stop.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood5.jpg|A small electrical cabinet on the right-hand side of the approach path.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood6.jpg|While on the approach to the station a [[Class 158]] flew past at 70mph.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood7.jpg|I entered the station at the top right of this photo. All the next batch of photos illustrate things at this spot.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood8.jpg|A timetable and a television screen showing no information.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood9.jpg|This is the wall that the timetable and monitor were placed upon. A nice sculpture greeted travellers.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood10.jpg|This was the back of the very same wall.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood11.jpg|A rather large sign with no information on it at all.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood12.jpg|A general view of the footbridge with a [[Class 150]] passing through.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood13.jpg|The [[Class 150|150]] accelerates away from the station giving us a good view down the platforms.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood14.jpg|A view showing the original footbridge.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood15.jpg|The view south from the footbridge. The area of land on the right of this photo used to be the where the lines for South Wales ran before the track was rationalised from four tracks to two. The bridge in the distance is [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]]
Image:Filton Abbey Wood16.jpg|This is the view looking back along platform 1. To the left is where the South Wales lines ran.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood17.jpg|The view south from the footbridge.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood18.jpg|The view north. The car park sits at the spot previously occupied by the [[Filton Coal Concentration Depot]]. It is a long way from the station.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood19.jpg|A kiosk underneath the footbridge on Platform 2. This opened during weekday afternoons.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood20.jpg|More information screens.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood21.jpg|To the left of the monitor (heading for the exit on Platform 2)were these standard time table boards.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood22.jpg|The exit from Platform 2 to the MOD.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood23.jpg|The view from the MOD to the station.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood24.jpg|A view of the shelter on platform 1
Image:Filton Abbey Wood25.jpg|A close up of the types of seats used at this station.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood26.jpg|The shelters on platform 2 are much bigger.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood27.jpg|The view from the south end of platform 1
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== Rebuilding Work 2004 ==
== March ==
9.3.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood31.jpg|The notice telling passengers what was happening at the station.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood32.jpg|The view towards Bristol. The trackbed was going into place behind platform 1.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood33.jpg|The same view but this time taken from the footbridge.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood34.jpg|The view north. The headshunt had been disconnected from the mainline and the siding removed completely. Work has begun on building a new relay room at the right of the photo.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood35.jpg|A very similar view to the previous one except this one shows a hole in the ground which will become the foundations for a new signal.
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15.3.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood36.jpg|A week later and the foundations had been poured at the spot where the digger was standing. In the background [[158748]] approached the junction on its journey from [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]].
Image:Filton Abbey Wood37.jpg|It didn't stop and zoomed through the station. The bloke on the right is carrying shuttering used in making the concrete foundations visible in the previous photos.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood38.jpg|There was a lot of cabling going on, including this run behind platform 2.
Image:158869-1.jpg|[[158869]] passed through with a [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]] service.
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== April ==
4.4.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood40.jpg|The view north now shows work being done by diggers on the left.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood41.jpg|There were lots of new foundations going in on this side too, these were for an addition to the footbridge.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood42.jpg|The relay and new signal had been installed, although out of use.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood43.jpg|Looking south and the foundations for the new platform edge were in place as well as piles of breeze blocks ready for construction to start.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood44.jpg|New lengths of CWR have been dropped off.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood45.jpg|Another view south.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood46.jpg|A closer look at the foundations that had gone in ready for building the new platform edge.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood47.jpg|The view towards [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]]. The trackbed of the new alignment was still being worked on.
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10.4.04
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Image:66120-2.jpg|A couple of [[Class 66]] powered ballast trains waited in the rain during an engineering possession over Easter. For photos of what's going on in the background please visit the [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]] page.
Image:66120-1.jpg|[[66120]] waits its turn of duty in dreadful conditions.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood50.jpg|The platform edge had started to take shape.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood51.jpg|The foundations for the extension to the footbridge were proceeding rapidly.
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19.4.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood52.jpg|The biggest changes since my last visit had been the arrival of the footbridge extension and work had started on a new footpath into the station. (the original footpath follows the alignment of the new railway)
Image:Filton Abbey Wood53.jpg|Another view. The extension was put into place at 6am on Sunday 18th April [[2004]].
Image:Filton Abbey Wood54.jpg|The footbridge was to connect to a new footpath being built further to the north of the original one.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood55.jpg|The view north from the footbridge. The alignment of the new footpath can be seen under construction on the far left of this photo.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood56.jpg|The view from outside the station showing the new footpath being constructed.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood57.jpg|The view from the Bristol end of the station with [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]] visible in the background. Spoil was being excavated in readiness for track panels to be put in place.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood58.jpg|The view in the opposite direction. The construction of a new platform takes place.
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30.4.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood59.jpg|Work continued on constructing a new footpath.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood60.jpg|Before long this view became impossible to get unless sitting in the cab of a train. The old footpath was to become the alignment of the new trackbed.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood61.jpg|[[66167]] negotiates the junction and heads south through FAW.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood62.jpg|The platform had been steadily backfilled.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood63.jpg|And the trackbed had started to be dug out.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood64.jpg|Work on the footpath as viewed from the footbridge.
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== May ==
10.5.04
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Image:150241-1.jpg|[[150241]] stands at the station. The mosaic is still standing, but fenced off ready for demolition.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood66.jpg|The new footpath had had fenceposts added.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood67.jpg|A [[w:British Rail Class 220|Voyager]] gave a blast of its horn and accelerated hard through the station.
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24.5.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood68.jpg|Tracklaying had started and had reached the new platform.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood69.jpg|The footbridge extension and new footpath were open and the old footpath was being dug up in readiness for tracklaying to commence.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood70.jpg|The trackbed work viewed from the new footpath.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood71.jpg|Piles of sleepers had been delivered in readiness for laying.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood72.jpg|The far end of the footpath had already disappeared under a pile of machinery and supplies.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood73.jpg|A look at the new footpath.
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== June ==
10.6.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood74.jpg|The trackwork was complete through the station and was being ballasted and compacted. The back-filling of the platform was almost complete and was being readied for its top surface.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood75.jpg|Another look along the new platform. At the far end the final platform edge is being put into place.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood76.jpg|Some track panels had been dumped on the embankment behind the new trackwork.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood77.jpg|Looking north from the footbridge. A new crossover had been assembled ready for positioning during a forthcoming engineering blockade.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood78.jpg|Heavy duty machinery lifted two sleepers at a time and placing them in position.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood79.jpg|Further along ballasting was taking place and every time a skip load of ballast was unloaded a great cloud of dust enveloped anyone walking along the station footpath.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood80.jpg|A brand new buffer stop had been delivered and was sitting on top of a pile of sleepers in the carpark. This was going on the end of a safety overrun being built on the down lines.
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15.6.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood81.jpg|[[66211]] waited at the south of the station after hauling a crane on-site.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood82.jpg|The crane.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood83.jpg|The view south. The up line was in the process of being completely renewed while the platform had been completely stripped of furniture and was being prepared for it's top layer.
Image:66064-1.jpg|The view north. [[66064]] was at the head of a train being loaded with spoil.
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18.6.04
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood85.jpg|Work continued on the new platform.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood86.jpg|The new junction had been lifted into place and ballasted.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood87.jpg|The platform was being prepared for the opening while a pile of new lights waited for installation.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood88.jpg|[[66042]] arrived with a ballast train.
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25.6.04 Three days to go before the official opening!
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood89.jpg|The platform was being surfaced and new waiting shelters have been erected.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood90.jpg|Everywhere I looked was a frenzy of activity.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood91.jpg|New signs had arrived.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood92.jpg|The junction was being checked and re-checked and the signalling tested. In the background a stoneblower was at work.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood93.jpg|The new buffer stop in place.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood94.jpg|Lots of people were stood around holding pens and bits of paper while watching other people do the work!
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29.6.04 Station now reopened!
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood95.jpg|The view towards Bristol showing the completed platform 3.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood96.jpg|The view north and a much tidier junction compared to my last visit.
Image:143618-2.jpg|[[143618]] calls at the new platform 3 with a service for [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]].
Image:Filton Abbey Wood98.jpg|The view along the widened platform.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood99.jpg|[[158865]] sets off from platform 2.
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== July ==
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Image:faw50.jpg|A commemorative plaque celebrating the opening of the new platform.
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== 2007 ==
21.3.07
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood100.jpg|A ticket machine was installed, but out of use.
Image:143603-13.jpg|[[143603]] sets fire to the station on the same day.
Image:143603-14.jpg|A disgracefully filthy [[143603]] collecting passengers.
Image:47813-2.jpg|I was pleasantly surprised by [[47813]] making an appearance.
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14.5.07
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Image:143620-17.jpg|[[143620]] arrives at the station with a service from [[Weston Super Mare]].
Image:143620-18.jpg|The same unit has reversed on the [[Filton Chord]] and stands on platform 1 before heading south.
Image:150249-5.jpg|A then newly repainted [[150249]] arrives at the station with a service for [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]].
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Image:158776-4.jpg|[[158776]] with a service for [[Great Malvern]].
Image:158867-12.jpg|[[158867]] heads south.
Image:158869-9.jpg|[[158869]] with a [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]] service.
Image:Filton Abbey Wood101.jpg|A track machine trundles through.
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== 2016 ==
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Image:FiltonAbbeyWood108.jpg|The station has had cycle storage added to the platforms. 30.6.16
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== 2018 ==
April and May 2018
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Image:Filtonabbeywood101.jpg|A couple of images showing a fourth platform being constructed.
Image:Filtonabbeywood102.jpg|
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Image:Filtonabbeywood106.jpg|Over the weekend of 12th May the track for platform 3 was slewed over to make room for the installation of the fourth track.
Image:Filtonabbeywood107.jpg|Work continues on the construction of the fourth platform.
Image:FiltonAbbeyWood110.jpg|June 2018
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== 2026 ==
A quick look at the now completed four platform station on 1.5.26.
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Image:FiltonAbbeyWood112.jpg|The view south from the station footbridge.
Image:FiltonAbbeyWood113.jpg|The view north.
Image:FiltonAbbeyWood114.jpg|The view north from the very south of the station.
Image:FiltonAbbeyWood115.jpg|The view south with a new signal gantry blocking the view of [[Stanley Farm Footbridge]].
Image:165136-2.jpg|[[165136]] stops at platform 4.
Image:66606-1.jpg|[[66606]] enters the station from the south.
Image:142003-1.jpg|[[142003]] on a special charter, operated by Locomotive Services Group.
Image:142003-2.jpg|The pacer was in Bristol in relation to contracts being signed for rebuilding the Portishead branch.
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== Filton Abbey Wood at Night ==
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Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night1.jpg|The station approach in the fog. 6.11.06
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night2.jpg|A view of the station from the footbridge. 6.11.06
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night3.jpg|Along the platform edge. 6.11.06
Image:153305-3.jpg|[[153305]] heading for [[Temple Meads]]. 10.2.07
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night7.jpg|Beneath the footbridge. 10.2.07
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night8.jpg|Red signal. 10.2.07
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night4.jpg|A general view of the station. 17.2.07
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night5.jpg|Platform Shelters. 17.2.07
Image:Filton Abbey Wood at Night6.jpg|Signs.
Image:158798-1.jpg|[[158798]] heads north. 17.2.07
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== Videos ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAll88db8jY 71000 Duke of Gloucester at Filton Abbey Wood] 2005
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-Z3S4Xadg 47810 Captain Sensible] 10.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z0FmKq5MRE Nigh Time Voyager] 10.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDUkwa9iIig 37411 & 37425 on the Bard and Birch] 17.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs6UASUNPWw 158798] 17.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJX_wpmfFjw 143617] 17.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ETFQq_qubQ 143619] 17.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKbqUjYCWVs UFO Voyager] 17.2.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RfiRYENCGM Bradley Manor at Filton Pt.1] 10.3.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfxLeohm0jM Bradley Manor at Filton Pt.2] 10.3.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRzuh9uPvUE Bradley Manor at Filton Pt.3] 10.3.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJUEwHt4U4w 60063 at Filton Abbey Wood] 6.4.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-trFtqlp4M Duke of Gloucester] 8.4.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vZ2bmlI1f4 Duke of Gloucester, Filton Abbey Wood] 6.04.07
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdAsxNu9Dw Duke of Gloucester, Filton Abbey Wood] 6.04.07 (Different view)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP9dOqMyUvU A general look at the station] 20.6.07

== Links ==
*[[RailPeople - Filton Junction]]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/469701.stm Signals Passed at Danger - BBC]

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Muller Road

2026-06-19T17:57:33Z

Weirdoldhattie:

'''To Bristol or Bath''': [[Station Lane]]
 '''To Wales, The North or London''': [[Ashley Hill Goods Yard]]
== Gallery ==
24.1.07
<gallery>
Image:Muller Road1.jpg|A rather gloomy view of the railway bridge at Muller Road.
Image:Muller Road2.jpg|The other side of the bridge. Trains travelling to [[Temple Meads]] will travel right to left in this shot.
</gallery>
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Narroways Junction

2026-06-19T17:51:58Z

Weirdoldhattie: /* 1970s */

'''To Bristol''': [[Glenfrome Road]] 
'''To Wales, The North or London''': [[Boiling Wells Lane]] 
'''To Kingswood Junction''': [[Glenfrome Road (2)|Glenfrome Road]] 
'''To Avonmouth''': [[Mina Road]] 
== History ==
Narroways Hill got it's name from the nearby Narroways Road which used to be nothing more than a small footpath between St Werburghs Church and [[Mina Road]]. For many years the lane was known as Cut-Throat Lane after a particularly gruesome murder that took place there.
== 1950s ==
<gallery>
Image:2883-1.jpg|2883 descends Filton Bank with the 0710 Rogerstone-Tavistock Junction loco coal on 10/3/52. [[Ashley Hill]] station is visible in the distance. ''© [[:Category:Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson]]''
</gallery>
== 1960s ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Hill1.jpg|A [[Class 47]] storms through Narroways Junction in the early 1960s. Four tracks up Filton Bank, lots of semaphore signals, double track [[:Category:The Severn Beach Line|Severn Beach Line]] connection and coal wagons in the gas works. ''© [[:Category:Ian Tiley|Ian Tiley]]''
Image:Narroways Hill2.jpg|The [[w:Midland Railway|Midland Railway]] bridge carrying the [[:Category:Clifton Extension Railway|Clifton Extension Railway]] line between [[Ashley Hill Junction]] and [[Kingswood Junction]]. Ashley Hill Junction is visible in the distance. ''© [[:Category:Ian Tiley|Ian Tiley]]''
Image:Narroways Hill3.jpg|The view along the Midland Railway line towards [[Kingswood Junction]]. The [[13 Arches Viaduct]] is visible in the distance. ''© [[:Category:Ian Tiley|Ian Tiley]]''
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Junction40.jpg|A [[Class 52|Wezzie]] powered [[Paignton]] to [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]] express climbs the hill. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Narroways Junction41.jpg|A [[Class 45|Peak]] trundles past in the opposite direction. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
</gallery>

== 1990s ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Hill4.jpg|The 1220 Furzebrook-Hallen Marsh LPG train passes the junction in 1996. ''© [[:Category:Chris Hopkins|Chris Hopkins]]''
</gallery>
== 2005 ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Hill5.jpg|The view south from Narroways Hill. In the far distance the line curves and enters [[Stapleton Road]] station. The scrapyard at the right of the railway is alongside the [[M32]] motorway and was once rail served and even had it's own 03 shunter. It's built on the site of Stapleton Road goods yard. The line curving away on the right is [[:Category:The Severn Beach Line|The Severn Beach Line]].
Image:Narroways Hill6.jpg|Looking north towards [[Ashley Hill]] with the Brunel college (once an old orphanage) visible at the top left of the hill. The abutments belong to the bridge that carried the [[:Category:Clifton Extension Railway|Clifton Extension Railway]] route between [[Ashley Hill Junction]] and [[Kingswood Junction]].
Image:Narroways Hill7.jpg|The graffiti covered footbridge that crosses the mainline. Beyond this footbridge is a smaller one that crosses the Severn Beach line.
Image:Narroways Hill8.jpg|Looking in the opposite direction.
Image:Narroways Hill9.jpg|The bridge itself. Viewed from on top of Narroways Hill on 7.1.05.
Image:Narroways Hill10.jpg|The junction of the Severn Beach line, as viewed from the second footbridge. The line curves around beneath this spot and then crosses [[Mina Road]] in [[w:St Werburghs|St Werburghs]]. The whole line, with the exception of the passing loop at [[Clifton Down]], was singled on the 19th October [[1970]].
Image:143611-15.jpg|The same view on 7.1.05 with [[143611]] heading for [[Montpelier]] station.
Image:Narroways Hill12.jpg|The opposite view.
Image:Narroways Hill13.jpg|A look along the footbridge that crosses the Severn Beach line.
Image:Narroways Hill14.jpg|A really nice view of this second footbridge.
Image:Narroways Hill15.jpg|Back on top of Narroways Hill and this is the view of the west abutment of the dismantled connecting line. The sheer amount of hill that was carted away to create these two railway lines at this location is amazing.
Image:Narroways Hill16.jpg|The route of the Midland Railway through Narroways Hill.
Image:Narroways Hill17.jpg|Looking East at the now filled in cutting.
Image:Narroways Hill18.jpg|The cutting has long been filled in. The line of houses on the right give away the direction the line went in, and in the middle of the photo is a lampost with a blue sign attached. That's where the railway crossed [[Glenfrome Road (2)|Glenfrome Road]]. This is the same view as in Ian Tiley's photo at the top of the page.
Image:Narroways Hill19.jpg|On 7.1.05 I caught a loaded MGR en route to Didcot from Avonmouth.
</gallery>
'''Junction Renewal Work 5th-7th May 2007'''

== 5.5.07 ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Hill20.jpg|A site visit by Jules captured track panels being removed. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill21.jpg|These were taken to a spot to the north of the work area. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill22.jpg|A general view of work in progress. The junction had disappeared from the Down line and a temporary line put in its place to allow works trains to remove the junction, track and spoil on the Up line. The new junction can be seen ready assembled on the left. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill23.jpg|A view of the work site from the bridge over the Severn Beach branchline. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill24.jpg|Later that day, and the Up main was in the process of being removed. The junction had been cut up and taken away, and an army of diggers were removing the old ballast. ''© [[:Category:Ian Skinner|Ian Skinner]]''
Image:Narroways Hill25.jpg|A similar view of the work, this time taken from the footbridge across the Severn Beach line. ''© [[:Category:Ian Skinner|Ian Skinner]]''
Image:Narroways Hill26.jpg|Two track machines carried more redundant pieces of track away. ''© [[:Category:Ian Skinner|Ian Skinner]]''
Image:Narroways Hill27.jpg|The view north later that night. (about 8.30pm)
Image:Narroways Hill28.jpg|A zoomed view showing the new junction assembled and ready to be moved into place.
Image:Narroways Hill29.jpg|A train stood on the temporary Down line and was loaded with spoil from the site of the junction.
Image:Narroways Hill30.jpg|A slightly different view of the work.
Image:Narroways Hill31.jpg|The remains of one of the old points had been placed right beneath the footbridge.
</gallery>
== 6.5.07 ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Hill32.jpg|7.30 Sunday morning and the new point for the Severn Beach line was in place. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill33.jpg|''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill34.jpg|By 8.30pm all the new trackwork was in place. The crossover had been moved 60 yards to the south of its previous location. (possibly to move it away from Glenfrome Road Bridge?) ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
</gallery>
== 7.5.07 ==
<gallery>
Image:Narroways Hill35.jpg|Lunchtime Monday morning. [[66233]] faced the wrong way on the Up line. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill36.jpg|The train was being loaded with all the material that was dumped to the north of the main work area. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill37.jpg|The catch point on the Severn Beach was having its motor attended to. The yellow signs seem to suggest that the line speed through the junction had now been increased. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Narroways Hill38.jpg|An army of men were hard at work getting everything ready before the engineers gave possession of the line back to the signallers. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
</gallery>
A '''BIG''' heartfelt thank you to [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]] and [[:Category:Ian Skinner|Ian Skinner]] (from this websites forum) for answering my plea for help in recording this event. Fantastic works lads! :)
== 2009 ==
19.10.09
<gallery>
Image:NarrowaysHill39.jpg|A view south showing a new mobile communications mast has been installed.
Image:NarrowaysHill40.jpg|Piles of steel sleepers await installation on the [[Severn Beach]] branch.
</gallery>
== 2014 ==
14.4.14
<gallery>
Image:Narrowayshill41.jpg|
Image:Narrowayshill42.jpg|
</gallery>
A couple of photos showing the now caged bridges.
== 2018 ==
<gallery>
Image:Narrowayshill46.jpg|Information regarding the installation of a new bridge at this location.
Image:Narrowayshill43.jpg|The new footbridge after installation.
Image:Narrowayshill44.jpg|Although new, it's already covered in graffiti.
Image:Narrowayshill45.jpg|looking up the hill and the old parapet of te Clifton Extension Railway has been removed in preparation of the four tracking of Filton Bank.
Image:Narrowayshill47.jpg|The view south. The mobile mast installed in 2009 has been moved to create room for the new railway.
</gallery>
== Videos ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFh15wA0Uf8 Severn Beach Train at Narroways Hill]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IwocI3CKjo Class 143 at Narroways Hill]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JLh_WpqGzA Class 153 at Narroways Hill]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGkGkzqF_-Y Voyager at Narroways Hill]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDK5efTAuOU The Great Britain, Day 3, 71000. 14.4.07]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncP9kveAreU 6201 Princess Elizabath Attacks Filton Bank 15-09-07]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPrMGVWQbtM 6201 Princess Elizabeth storming up Horfield Bank, 13.10.07]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCbuPOFUCqI 6201 Princess Elizabeth Climbs Horfield Bank 10/11/07]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU6PAO_WfZI 6201 The Welsh Marches Express 10th Nov 2007]

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Class 150

2026-06-17T19:51:47Z

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150207

2026-06-17T19:51:16Z

Weirdoldhattie: Created page with "Class 150 <gallery> File:Geograph-5952028-by-Jaggery.jpg|Parson Street. 5.9.18 ''© Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) '' </gallery>"

[[Class 150]]
<gallery>
File:Geograph-5952028-by-Jaggery.jpg|[[Parson Street]]. 5.9.18 ''© Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) ''
</gallery>

Parson Street

2026-06-17T19:50:09Z

Weirdoldhattie: /* 2018 */

'''To Bristol:''' [[Malago Vale Carriage Sidings]] 
'''To the Southwest''': [[Bedminster Down Road]] 
== History ==
Parson Street railway station opened on the 29th August [[1927]] as '''Parson Street Platform'''. It was rebuilt as part of a project to quadruple the lines west from [[Temple Meads]] and reopened on 21st May [[1933]]. The suffix 'Platform' was dropped at the same time. The station buildings were demolished in January [[1971]].
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Parson Street Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Parson Street and surrounding area from 1988.
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:Parson Street25.jpg|A [[Class 52|Western]] heads south through the station beneath a derelict station building. Possibly 1960s rather than 1970s?
Image:Parson Street26.jpg|Two views of the station.
Image:Parson Street27.jpg|
Image:ParsonStreet30.jpg|A [[Class 35|Hymek]] runs through the station with a freight. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
</gallery>
== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:Parson Street24.jpg|The station nameboard. 17.7.81 ''© [[:Category:Martin Potter|Martin Potter]]''
</gallery>
== 2003 ==
18.11.03
<gallery>
Image:Parson Street2.jpg|The view from Parson Street road bridge towards the footbridge at [[Malago Vale Carriage Sidings|Malago Vale]]. The new-build houses on the site of the old carriage sidings are protected from noise from the railway by a big wall.
Image:Parson Street1.jpg|A general view along the station.
Image:Parson Street3.jpg|Under the road bridge.
Image:Parson Street16.jpg|The view from the down platform with [[150261]] disappearing under [[Malago Vale Carriage Sidings|Bartletts Bridge]].
Image:Parson Street4.jpg|This electrical cabinet is underneath the stairway on the up platform.
Image:Parson Street5.jpg|The footbridge has seen better times. Like a lot of the bridges in Bristol it once had a roof.
Image:Parson Street6.jpg|This signal protects the junction between the loop and the mainline.
Image:Parson Street7.jpg|Looking along the up slow/freight line. This line leads to the Portishead Branch.
Image:Parson Street15.jpg|And looking along the scar of the down slow.
Image:Parson Street17.jpg|This electrical cabinet stands in the trackbed of the down slow.
Image:Parson Street8.jpg|A view of one of the platform shelters.
Image:Parson Street14.jpg|The other platform shelter is a different (older) design.
Image:Parson Street9.jpg|The platform ends are fenced off part way along.
Image:Parson Street10.jpg|A view of the bridge that carries [[Bedminster Down Road]] across the line. On the right is an abutment from another bridge that used to cross here.
Image:Parson Street11.jpg|A close up of the abutment.
Image:Parson Street13.jpg|A view back along the platforms, looking towards Bristol.
Image:Parson Street18.jpg|The view back along the station from the down platform.
</gallery>
== 2007 ==
13.2.07
<gallery>
Image:158769-3.jpg|[[158769]] trundles through.
Image:158769-4.jpg|Heading towards [[Temple Meads]].
Image:Parson Street20.jpg|The view east with [[Malago Vale Carriage Sidings|Bartlett's Bridge]] visible in the background.
Image:Parson Street21.jpg|A general view of the station.
Image:Parson Street22.jpg|The view east showing the footbridge.
Image:Parson Street23.jpg|[[Bedminster Down Road]] bridge with [[Parson Street Junction]] beyond. A mobile phone mast was being installed on the site of [[West Depot]].
</gallery>
== 2018 ==
 Since my last visit the station has been much improved with new platform shelters, customer service points, cycle parking, rubbish bins, flower beds, murals etc.
<gallery>
Image:Parsonstreet24.jpg|3.5.18
Image:Parsonstreet25.jpg|
Image:Parsonstreet26.jpg|
Image:Parsonstreet27.jpg|
Image:Parsonstreet28.jpg|
File:Geograph-5952028-by-Jaggery.jpg|[[150207]] stands at the station. 5.9.18 ''© Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) ''
</gallery>
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File:Geograph-5952028-by-Jaggery.jpg

2026-06-17T19:47:49Z

Weirdoldhattie: © Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/5952028 Class 150 dmu at Parson Street railway station, Bristol, taken Wednesday, 5 September, 2018

== Summary ==
© Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/5952028
Class 150 dmu at Parson Street railway station, Bristol, taken Wednesday, 5 September, 2018

Warminster

2026-06-17T19:23:01Z

Weirdoldhattie:

'''To Westbury''': [[Dilton Marsh]] 
'''To Salisbury''': [[Salisbury]]
== History ==
Opened on the 9th September [[1851]]. Closed to goods on the 2nd April [[1973]]. '''Warminster Signal Box''' opened on the 19th June [[1904]] and closed on the 3rd June [[1979]].
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:155335-1.jpg|[[155335]] calls at the station sometime in the late 1980s.
File:Geograph-4787126-by-Nigel-Thompson.jpg|A similar view but taken from the other platform. 8.1.16 ''© Nigel Thompson (cc-by-sa/2.0)''
File:Geograph-3975935-by-Jaggery.jpg|The main station building in 9.5.14. ''© Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0)''
</gallery>
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File:Geograph-3975935-by-Jaggery.jpg

2026-06-17T19:20:04Z

Weirdoldhattie: © Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/3975935 Main entrance to Warminster railway station, taken Friday, 9 May, 2014

== Summary ==
© Jaggery (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/3975935
Main entrance to Warminster railway station, taken Friday, 9 May, 2014

File:Geograph-4787126-by-Nigel-Thompson.jpg

2026-06-17T19:14:56Z

Weirdoldhattie: © Nigel Thompson (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/4787126 Warminster railway station, Wiltshire, taken Friday, 8 January, 2016

== Summary ==
© Nigel Thompson (cc-by-sa/2.0) geograph.org.uk/p/4787126
Warminster railway station, Wiltshire, taken Friday, 8 January, 2016

Class 101

2026-06-15T20:32:59Z

Weirdoldhattie:

[[:Category:DMUs|All other Classes]]
<gallery>
Image:143015-1.jpg|[[143015]]
Image:101-3.jpg|A very claggy 101 at Greenloaning on 21.4.82.
File:101-4.jpg|A 101 near Lenzie on 22.3.80.
File:101-2.jpg|51201 +54347 at [[Chester]]. 27.4.85.
File:101304-1.jpg|[[101304]]
File:101306-1.jpg|101306 arrives at [[Dundee]] on 18.11.81.
File:101315-1.jpg|101315 at Prestwick on 5.6.82.
File:101316-1.jpg|101316 at Prestwick on 4.6.82.
File:101325-1.jpg|101325 accelerates through Princes St Gardens on 14.5.82.
File:101331-1.jpg|Unit 101331 trundles through Princes Street Gardens on 14.5.82.
File:101332-1.jpg|[[101332]]
File:101362-1.jpg|[[101362]]
File:101661-1.jpg|Passing [[Singleton Signalbox]]. 1990
File:101664-1.jpg|101664
File:MetWestDepot.jpg|B804 at [[West Depot]], Bristol.
File:Bristol_West_Junction4.jpg|An unidentified 101 at [[Bristol West Junction]].
File:B803-1.jpg|Unit [[B803]] at [[Westbury]].
File:TerryFoulger1.jpg|An all blue B823 at [[Temple Meads]] 11.2.81. ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
File:B821-1.jpg|[[B821]] departs [[Bath Spa]] heading for [[Temple Meads|Bristol]] on 12 November 1980 ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
</gallery>
[[Category:DMUs]]
[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]

B821

2026-06-15T20:32:20Z

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[[Class 101]]
<gallery>
File:B821-1.jpg|B821 departs Bath Spa heading for [[Temple Meads|Bristol]] on 12 November 1980 ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
</gallery>

B821

2026-06-15T20:29:12Z

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== Class 101 ==
<gallery>
File:B821-1.jpg|B821 departs Bath Spa heading for [[Temple Meads|Bristol]] on 12 November 1980 ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
</gallery>

Bath Spa

2026-06-15T20:28:24Z

Weirdoldhattie:

'''To Bristol''': [[Bath West Bridge]]
 '''To Swindon or Westbury''': [[St James Bridge]]
== History ==
Opened in [[1840]]. Grade II listed.
==Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Spa Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bath Spa and surrounding area from [[1988]]
</gallery>
== 1950s ==
<gallery>
Image:rogerporch5.jpg|[[D807]] Caradoc waits at '''Bath Spa''' in [[1959]] with an express for [[w:Paddington_station|Paddington]]. Roger thinks this was the first photo he ever took :) ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
</gallery>
== 1960s ==
<gallery>
Image:bathspa10.jpg|An undated photo of 2288 at the London end of Bath Spa.
Image:Bath Spa15.jpg|A view east in [[1961]]. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:rogerporch3.jpg|An unidentified [[Class 42|Warship]] awaits the off with the down [[w:The_Bristolian|Bristolian]] in [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:rogerporch14.jpg|The [[w:Blue_Pullman|Blue Pullman]] arrives with a service from Paddington. ''© Roger Porch''
Image:Dolemeads Viaduct4.jpg|A view west along [[Dolemeads Viaduct]] showing an unidentified [[Class 52|Western]] departing the station.
Image:Bath Spa14.jpg|A pair of [[Class 121|Bubble Cars]] sit in the bay platform visible in the last two photos. ''© [[:Category:John Thorn|John Thorn]]''
Image:Bath Spa11.jpg|A general view from the east end of the station showing the centre tracks. The elevated signal box dates from [[1897]] and closed on the 21st January [[1968]].
Image:Bath Spa16.jpg|The east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:D7017-1.jpg|[[D7017]] prepares to leave Bath Spa with a service for [[Portsmouth Harbour]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
</gallery>
== 1980s ==
<gallery>
File:B821-1.jpg|[[B821]] departs Bath Spa heading for [[Temple Meads|Bristol]] on 12 November 1980 ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
</gallery>
== 2003 ==
'''May'''
<gallery>
Image:Bath Spa12.jpg|A general view of the station. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
</gallery>

== 2004 ==
'''7.10.04'''
<gallery>
Image:bathspa1.jpg|A view of the station buildings from the road.
Image:bathspa3.jpg|Another view of the station buildings. A view ruined by the sheer amount of street furniture at this location.
Image:bathspa2.jpg|Arches, viaducts and taxi ranks at the east end of the station.
Image:bathspa9.jpg|The back of the buildings on the Down platform.
Image:bathspa4.jpg|Standing on the platform and looking west. The lines through Bath are signalled for bi-directional running.
Image:bathspa5.jpg|The view of the station from the Bristol end of Platform 2.
Image:bathspa6.jpg|A general view of the station taken from the London end.
Image:bathspa7.jpg|A London bound [[w:High Speed Train|HST]] arrives at Platform 2.
Image:bathspa8.jpg|Looking east along [[Dolemeads Viaduct]].
</gallery>

== 2006 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Spa13.jpg|Bath Spa at night. November 2006. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
</gallery>
== 2010 ==
<gallery>
Image:BathSpa20.jpg|A November look at Bath Spa. This is a direct comparison shot to the one with the Western, above. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
</gallery>
== 2011 ==
Various photos showing rebuilding work taking place at the station.
<gallery>
Image:BathSpa21.jpg|13.7.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa22.jpg|13.7.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa23.jpg|13.7.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa24.jpg|13.7.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa25.jpg|24.7.11 The renovated arch has become a bike shop. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa26.jpg|24.7.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa27.jpg|21.8.11 The front entrance covered in scaffolding. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa28.jpg|28.8.11 The rear entrance developments. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa29.jpg|28.8.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa30.jpg|8.9.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa31.jpg|8.9.11 The new entrance at the front of the station. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
Image:BathSpa32.jpg|4.10.11 ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]''
</gallery>
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Class 101

2026-06-15T20:26:24Z

Weirdoldhattie:

[[:Category:DMUs|All other Classes]]
<gallery>
Image:143015-1.jpg|[[143015]]
Image:101-3.jpg|A very claggy 101 at Greenloaning on 21.4.82.
File:101-4.jpg|A 101 near Lenzie on 22.3.80.
File:101-2.jpg|51201 +54347 at [[Chester]]. 27.4.85.
File:101304-1.jpg|[[101304]]
File:101306-1.jpg|101306 arrives at [[Dundee]] on 18.11.81.
File:101315-1.jpg|101315 at Prestwick on 5.6.82.
File:101316-1.jpg|101316 at Prestwick on 4.6.82.
File:101325-1.jpg|101325 accelerates through Princes St Gardens on 14.5.82.
File:101331-1.jpg|Unit 101331 trundles through Princes Street Gardens on 14.5.82.
File:101332-1.jpg|[[101332]]
File:101362-1.jpg|[[101362]]
File:101661-1.jpg|Passing [[Singleton Signalbox]]. 1990
File:101664-1.jpg|101664
File:MetWestDepot.jpg|B804 at [[West Depot]], Bristol.
File:Bristol_West_Junction4.jpg|An unidentified 101 at [[Bristol West Junction]].
File:B803-1.jpg|Unit [[B803]] at [[Westbury]].
File:TerryFoulger1.jpg|An all blue B823 at [[Temple Meads]] 11.2.81. ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
File:B821-1.jpg|B821 departs [[Bath Spa]] heading for [[Temple Meads|Bristol]] on 12 November 1980 ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
</gallery>
[[Category:DMUs]]
[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]

Class 101

2026-06-15T20:25:38Z

Weirdoldhattie:

[[:Category:DMUs|All other Classes]]
<gallery>
Image:143015-1.jpg|[[143015]]
Image:101-3.jpg|A very claggy 101 at Greenloaning on 21.4.82.
File:101-4.jpg|A 101 near Lenzie on 22.3.80.
File:101-2.jpg|51201 +54347 at [[Chester]]. 27.4.85.
File:101304-1.jpg|[[101304]]
File:101306-1.jpg|101306 arrives at [[Dundee]] on 18.11.81.
File:101315-1.jpg|101315 at Prestwick on 5.6.82.
File:101316-1.jpg|101316 at Prestwick on 4.6.82.
File:101325-1.jpg|101325 accelerates through Princes St Gardens on 14.5.82.
File:101331-1.jpg|Unit 101331 trundles through Princes Street Gardens on 14.5.82.
File:101332-1.jpg|[[101332]]
File:101362-1.jpg|[[101362]]
File:101661-1.jpg|Passing [[Singleton Signalbox]]. 1990
File:101664-1.jpg|101664
File:MetWestDepot.jpg|B804 at [[West Depot]], Bristol.
File:Bristol_West_Junction4.jpg|An unidentified 101 at [[Bristol West Junction]].
File:B803-1.jpg|Unit [[B803]] at [[Westbury]].
File:TerryFoulger1.jpg|An all blue B823 at [[Temple Meads]] 11.2.81. ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
File:B821-1.jpg|B821 departs Bath Spa heading for Bristol on 12 November 1980 ''© Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 ''
</gallery>
[[Category:DMUs]]
[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]

File:B821-1.jpg

2026-06-15T20:23:35Z

Weirdoldhattie: “Class 101 B821 departs Bath Spa heading for Bristol on 12 November 1980” by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 Category:Foulger Rail Photos

== Summary ==
“Class 101 B821 departs Bath Spa heading for Bristol on 12 November 1980” by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0
[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]

Bath Road Depot

2026-06-15T20:18:53Z

Weirdoldhattie: /* Bath Road Depot after Closure */

'''To Temple Meads''': [[The New Cut]] 
'''To the Southwest''': [[Bath Road Bridge]]
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot Track Plan 1903.jpg|A track plan of Bath Road Depot from [[1903]].
Image:Bath Road Depot Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bath Road Depot from [[1988]].
</gallery>
== 1960s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot1.jpg|Pride of place in this section is [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]] aboard '''7010''' Avondale Castle in [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot2.jpg|'''4985''' stands on shed during [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot3.jpg|'''5908''' stands on the turntable at the back of the shed. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:D817-1.jpg|Not even two years old, [[D817]] Foxhound stands on an unfinished Bath Road shed during January 1962.
Image:D7001-1.jpg|This photo was also taken during the rebuilding works and shows [[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7001]] on shed with [[Class 42|Warship]] [[D810]]. Another [[Class 35|Hymek]] and a couple of [[Class 42|Warships]] are also on view.
Image:Bath Road Depot6.jpg|A [[1962]] view out of the shed. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot7.jpg|'''6024''' stands on Bath Road. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot8.jpg|'''6141''' during an open day. The Blue Pullman stands behind. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot9.jpg|'''6859''' on shed. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot10.jpg|A view inside the newly built diesel depot. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot Open Day 1965-1.jpg|A photo taken during an open day on 20.3.65. ''C/o [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot11.jpg|An open day sometime around 1968. ''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]''
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot Open Day 1970-1.jpg|A leaflet advertising an open day on 17.10.70.
File:FoulgerRailPhotos2.jpg|A selection of diesel hydraulics on shed. ''Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0''.
Image:Bath Road Depot81.jpg|A line up of locos on shed in 1970/71 includes two [[Class 42|Warships]] and a [[Class 35|Hymek]]. ''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:D7040-1.jpg|[[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7040]] keeps [[Class 47|Brush Type 4]] [[1729]] company in the early 70s. ''© [[:Category:Phil Bidwell|Phil Bidwell]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot13.jpg|A general view of the shed. ''© [[:Category:Laurence Spring|Laurence Spring]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot14.jpg|Another shot showing a pre-tops 47 coming off shed. ''© [[:Category:Laurence Spring|Laurence Spring]]''
Image:D864-1.jpg|[[D864]] Zambesi waits work. This loco was withdrawn on 27th March [[1971]], and cut at [[Swindon]] 8 months later. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D6354-2.jpg|[[D6354]] on shed the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D867-1.jpg|[[D867]] Zenith also on shed. She was withdrawn on the 18th October [[1971]] and cut at [[Swindon]] during September [[1972]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot80.jpg|Contrasting front ends in [[1974]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D7076-3.jpg|[[D7076]] on shed.
Image:TDB968006-1.jpg|[[Class 28|Metrovick CoBo]] [[TDB968006]] arrived at Bath Road on the 11th February [[1975]]. It was to be used as a static generator but never was because of a problem with blue asbestos. ''© [[:Category:Peter Rendall|Peter Rendall]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot16.jpg|The Class 28 was no. [[5705]] before entering departmental service. Here she poses with fitters Ken Sperring (L) and Roy Scott. ''© [[:Category:Peter Rendall|Peter Rendall]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot17.jpg|An awful photo of a couple of [[Class 52|Westerns]] on shed at Bath Road. I include this because it's one of the first photos I ever took. It's a polaroid and the quality is rubbish.... but I love it :) [[D1010]] and [[D1048]] leave the depot and prepare to follow sister locos [[D1023]] and [[D1013]] to [[Plymouth]] as backup on the last day of the Westerns. 26.2.77.
Image:47076-1.jpg|[[47076]] ''City of Truro''. 17.3.78
Image:08825-1.jpg|[[08825]]. 17.3.78
Image:47244-1.jpg|[[47244]]. 21.3.78
</gallery>

== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:47490-1.jpg|[[47490]] named ''Bath Road Depot'' at Bath Road in [[1988]].
Image:Bath Road Depot18.jpg|A general night time view of locos on shed at Bath Rd. [[37207]], [[56039]] and [[37159]] await their next duties. 3.5.88.
Image:Bath Road Depot82.jpg|[[155312]] is prepared for her next duty. 25.7.88
Image:56050-1.jpg|[[56050]] departs on 24.6.88. ''© [[:Category:Simon Jones|Simon Jones]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot20.jpg|A general view of the shed taken on the 15.1.89. Locos visible include [[47095]], [[47634]], [[47539]], [[47500]] and [[47528]]. Like an idiot, I didn't archive the number of the 08!
Image:Bath Road Depot21.jpg|Another view of the sheds, this time taken on the 13.7.89.
Image:47567-1.jpg|[[47567]] Red Star trundles off shed.
Image:47492-1.jpg|[[47492]] at the head of a brace of Scotrail liveried locos as Bath Road hosts an open day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Mitchell|Andy Mitchell]]''
Image:45022-1.jpg|[[45022]] ''© [[:Category:Andy Mitchell|Andy Mitchell]]''
Image:50019-1.jpg|[[50019]].
</gallery>

== 1990s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot22.jpg|A view of the shed taken on the the 18.5.90. Visible in the shot are [[150267]] and [[50037]]. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47801-1.jpg|[[08483]] positions [[47801]] on 18.5.90. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:50031-2.jpg|[[50031]] Hood at Bath Road on 16.6.90. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:50019-2.jpg|Unique liveried [[50019]] was stabled at Bath Road on the same day.
Image:50015-1.jpg|[[50015]] the same day. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47202-1.jpg|As was a rather crumpled looking [[47202]]. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47627-1.jpg|[[47627]] shunts locos around on 18.5.91. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47581-1.jpg|[[47581]] awaits work on the same day. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:37133-1.jpg|[[37133]] at Bath Road in the rather bland Departmental grey livery.
Image:58017-3.jpg|[[58017]] being shunted around the depot with a couple of [[Class 47|Class 47s]].
Image:BathRoadDepotEntrance1.jpg|Two views of the depot entrance on the A4 Bath Road taken after the depot had closed. ''© [[:Category:Tim Venton|Tim Venton]]
Image:BathRoadDepotEntrance2.jpg|Thanks to Dave Gresham for sourcing the shots :) ''© [[:Category:Tim Venton|Tim Venton]]
</gallery>

== 2003 ==
7.5.03
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot23.jpg|A view of the by then closed sheds on the 7th May [[2003]]. ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot24.jpg|Poignant marks on the soon-to-be-demolished walls. ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot25.jpg|A TPWS sign stands guard over the closed depot buildings. ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
</gallery>
== 2004 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot26.jpg|A view of the site of Bath Road Depot taken on the 7.10.04.
Image:Bath Road Depot27.jpg|What was the entrance to the depot on the same day. The signal box that controlled movement into and out of the depot had recently been demolished.
Image:Bath Road Depot28.jpg|These arches alongside the [[w:River Avon, Bristol|River Avon]] date from the original [[:Category:B&ER|Bristol & Exeter]] shed built on this site.
Image:Bath Road Depot29.jpg|Another view of the arches.
</gallery>
== Bath Road Depot after Closure==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot30.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot31.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot32.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot33.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot34.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot35.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot36.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot37.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot38.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot39.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot40.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot41.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot42.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot43.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot44.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot45.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot46.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot47.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot48.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot49.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot50.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot51.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot52.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot53.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot54.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot55.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot56.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot57.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot58.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot59.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot60.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot61.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot62.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot63.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot64.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot65.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot66.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot67.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot68.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot69.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot70.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot71.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot72.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot73.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot74.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot75.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot76.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot77.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot78.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot79.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
</gallery>
[[Category:Bath Road Depot]]
[[Category:Phil Bidwell]]
[[Category:B&ER]]
[[Category:David Burrell]]
[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]
[[Category:Simon Jones]]
[[Category:Locomotive Depots]]
[[Category:Andy Mitchell]]
[[Category:Clive Moore]]
[[Category:Mike P]]
[[Category:Gerald Peacock]]
[[Category:Peter Rendall]]
[[Category:Laurence Spring]]
[[Category:Tim Venton]]
[[Category:Julien Weston]]
[[Category:Simon Whittingham]]

Bath Road Depot

2026-06-15T20:17:59Z

Weirdoldhattie: /* 1970s */

'''To Temple Meads''': [[The New Cut]] 
'''To the Southwest''': [[Bath Road Bridge]]
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot Track Plan 1903.jpg|A track plan of Bath Road Depot from [[1903]].
Image:Bath Road Depot Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bath Road Depot from [[1988]].
</gallery>
== 1960s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot1.jpg|Pride of place in this section is [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]] aboard '''7010''' Avondale Castle in [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot2.jpg|'''4985''' stands on shed during [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot3.jpg|'''5908''' stands on the turntable at the back of the shed. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:D817-1.jpg|Not even two years old, [[D817]] Foxhound stands on an unfinished Bath Road shed during January 1962.
Image:D7001-1.jpg|This photo was also taken during the rebuilding works and shows [[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7001]] on shed with [[Class 42|Warship]] [[D810]]. Another [[Class 35|Hymek]] and a couple of [[Class 42|Warships]] are also on view.
Image:Bath Road Depot6.jpg|A [[1962]] view out of the shed. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot7.jpg|'''6024''' stands on Bath Road. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot8.jpg|'''6141''' during an open day. The Blue Pullman stands behind. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot9.jpg|'''6859''' on shed. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot10.jpg|A view inside the newly built diesel depot. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot Open Day 1965-1.jpg|A photo taken during an open day on 20.3.65. ''C/o [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot11.jpg|An open day sometime around 1968. ''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]''
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot Open Day 1970-1.jpg|A leaflet advertising an open day on 17.10.70.
File:FoulgerRailPhotos2.jpg|A selection of diesel hydraulics on shed. ''Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0''.
Image:Bath Road Depot81.jpg|A line up of locos on shed in 1970/71 includes two [[Class 42|Warships]] and a [[Class 35|Hymek]]. ''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:D7040-1.jpg|[[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7040]] keeps [[Class 47|Brush Type 4]] [[1729]] company in the early 70s. ''© [[:Category:Phil Bidwell|Phil Bidwell]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot13.jpg|A general view of the shed. ''© [[:Category:Laurence Spring|Laurence Spring]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot14.jpg|Another shot showing a pre-tops 47 coming off shed. ''© [[:Category:Laurence Spring|Laurence Spring]]''
Image:D864-1.jpg|[[D864]] Zambesi waits work. This loco was withdrawn on 27th March [[1971]], and cut at [[Swindon]] 8 months later. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D6354-2.jpg|[[D6354]] on shed the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D867-1.jpg|[[D867]] Zenith also on shed. She was withdrawn on the 18th October [[1971]] and cut at [[Swindon]] during September [[1972]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot80.jpg|Contrasting front ends in [[1974]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D7076-3.jpg|[[D7076]] on shed.
Image:TDB968006-1.jpg|[[Class 28|Metrovick CoBo]] [[TDB968006]] arrived at Bath Road on the 11th February [[1975]]. It was to be used as a static generator but never was because of a problem with blue asbestos. ''© [[:Category:Peter Rendall|Peter Rendall]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot16.jpg|The Class 28 was no. [[5705]] before entering departmental service. Here she poses with fitters Ken Sperring (L) and Roy Scott. ''© [[:Category:Peter Rendall|Peter Rendall]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot17.jpg|An awful photo of a couple of [[Class 52|Westerns]] on shed at Bath Road. I include this because it's one of the first photos I ever took. It's a polaroid and the quality is rubbish.... but I love it :) [[D1010]] and [[D1048]] leave the depot and prepare to follow sister locos [[D1023]] and [[D1013]] to [[Plymouth]] as backup on the last day of the Westerns. 26.2.77.
Image:47076-1.jpg|[[47076]] ''City of Truro''. 17.3.78
Image:08825-1.jpg|[[08825]]. 17.3.78
Image:47244-1.jpg|[[47244]]. 21.3.78
</gallery>

== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:47490-1.jpg|[[47490]] named ''Bath Road Depot'' at Bath Road in [[1988]].
Image:Bath Road Depot18.jpg|A general night time view of locos on shed at Bath Rd. [[37207]], [[56039]] and [[37159]] await their next duties. 3.5.88.
Image:Bath Road Depot82.jpg|[[155312]] is prepared for her next duty. 25.7.88
Image:56050-1.jpg|[[56050]] departs on 24.6.88. ''© [[:Category:Simon Jones|Simon Jones]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot20.jpg|A general view of the shed taken on the 15.1.89. Locos visible include [[47095]], [[47634]], [[47539]], [[47500]] and [[47528]]. Like an idiot, I didn't archive the number of the 08!
Image:Bath Road Depot21.jpg|Another view of the sheds, this time taken on the 13.7.89.
Image:47567-1.jpg|[[47567]] Red Star trundles off shed.
Image:47492-1.jpg|[[47492]] at the head of a brace of Scotrail liveried locos as Bath Road hosts an open day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Mitchell|Andy Mitchell]]''
Image:45022-1.jpg|[[45022]] ''© [[:Category:Andy Mitchell|Andy Mitchell]]''
Image:50019-1.jpg|[[50019]].
</gallery>

== 1990s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot22.jpg|A view of the shed taken on the the 18.5.90. Visible in the shot are [[150267]] and [[50037]]. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47801-1.jpg|[[08483]] positions [[47801]] on 18.5.90. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:50031-2.jpg|[[50031]] Hood at Bath Road on 16.6.90. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:50019-2.jpg|Unique liveried [[50019]] was stabled at Bath Road on the same day.
Image:50015-1.jpg|[[50015]] the same day. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47202-1.jpg|As was a rather crumpled looking [[47202]]. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47627-1.jpg|[[47627]] shunts locos around on 18.5.91. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:47581-1.jpg|[[47581]] awaits work on the same day. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:37133-1.jpg|[[37133]] at Bath Road in the rather bland Departmental grey livery.
Image:58017-3.jpg|[[58017]] being shunted around the depot with a couple of [[Class 47|Class 47s]].
Image:BathRoadDepotEntrance1.jpg|Two views of the depot entrance on the A4 Bath Road taken after the depot had closed. ''© [[:Category:Tim Venton|Tim Venton]]
Image:BathRoadDepotEntrance2.jpg|Thanks to Dave Gresham for sourcing the shots :) ''© [[:Category:Tim Venton|Tim Venton]]
</gallery>

== 2003 ==
7.5.03
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot23.jpg|A view of the by then closed sheds on the 7th May [[2003]]. ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot24.jpg|Poignant marks on the soon-to-be-demolished walls. ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot25.jpg|A TPWS sign stands guard over the closed depot buildings. ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
</gallery>
== 2004 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot26.jpg|A view of the site of Bath Road Depot taken on the 7.10.04.
Image:Bath Road Depot27.jpg|What was the entrance to the depot on the same day. The signal box that controlled movement into and out of the depot had recently been demolished.
Image:Bath Road Depot28.jpg|These arches alongside the [[w:River Avon, Bristol|River Avon]] date from the original [[:Category:B&ER|Bristol & Exeter]] shed built on this site.
Image:Bath Road Depot29.jpg|Another view of the arches.
</gallery>
== Bath Road Depot after Closure==
<gallery>
Image:Bath Road Depot30.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot31.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot32.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot33.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot34.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot35.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot36.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot37.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot38.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot39.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot40.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot41.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot42.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot43.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot44.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot45.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot46.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot47.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot48.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot49.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot50.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bath Road Depot51.jpg|''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
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Weirdoldhattie: “Bristol Bath Road MPD in the late 1970's” by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 Category:Foulger Rail Photos

== Summary ==
“Bristol Bath Road MPD in the late 1970's” by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0
[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]

Temple Meads

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'''See also [[Temple Meads Old Station]]''' 
'''To the Southwest''': [[Cattle Market Road]] 
'''To Wales, the North or Bath''': [[River Avon]]
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Temple Meads Track Plans 1903.jpg|A Track plan of Temple Meads and surrounding area from [[1903]].
</gallery>
== 1900s - 1950s ==
<gallery>
Image:Temple Meads1.jpg|A view of the south end of the station taken circa 1911.
Image:Temple Meads2.jpg|An early view of Temple Meads taken from an old postcard. It shows horse drawn taxis and a Cabmans shelter. The spire on the clock tower was destroyed by a German incendiary bomb in an air raid on 3 January [[1941]].
Image:Temple Meads3.jpg|[[w:GWR 4073 Class|Castle]] class '''5069''' Isambard Kingdom Brunel at the east end of TM. This loco was built in 1938. All Castles had smokebox number plates fitted by January 1951 so this photo was taken before that date. ''© [[:Category:Michelle Howe|Michelle Howe]]
Image:18000-1.jpg|[[18000]] stands at the east end of the station in October [[1950]].
Image:W23W-1.jpg|Streamlined diesel railcar W23W waits to head south on the 19.4.58.
</gallery>

== 1960s ==
<gallery>
Image:Temple Meads4.jpg|'''1005''' County of Devon stands on the through roads with a mixed selection of stock. This loco was fitted with a double chimney in December [[1958]] and withdrawn in June [[1963]]. This picture was taken between those two dates :)
Image:Temple Meads5.jpg|Loco '''82037''' stands at Temple Meads with a short freight. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]''.
Image:Temple Meads6.jpg|'''5089''' Westminster Abbey awaits the off from Temple Meads with The Cornishman. This train ran from [[1952]] until [[1962]]. The C35 headcode dates this photo as being after the introduction of the summer [[1960]] timetable. This loco was rebuilt from the Star Class loco number '''4069''' Westminster Abbey.
Image:Temple Meads7.jpg|'''1025''' County of Radnor stands at the same spot as the above photo. New in January [[1947]]. Withdrawn in February [[1963]] while allocated to [[Shrewsbury]] shed.
Image:Temple Meads8.jpg|Another County, '''1023''' County of Oxford, wears a C37 headboard at the east end of Temple Meads. New in [[1947]], she was withdrawn in March [[1963]].
Image:Temple Meads9.jpg|Another view of the east end of Temple Meads, this time with Jubilee '''45659''' Drake awaiting the right of way. This loco was cut up in [[1963]].
Image:d819-1.jpg|[[Class 42|Warship]] [[D819]] at the east end of Temple Meads. The loco has no yellow warning panel so the photo is likely to be pre [[1963]].
Image:d815-1.jpg|Probably taken at the same time [[D815]] is seen carrying [[w:The Bristolian|The Bristolian]] headboard.
Image:D7010-1.jpg|[[D7010]] waits next to a very big pile of mail sacks. ''© [[:Category:John Thorn|John Thorn]]''
Image:Temple Meads52.jpg|A very grubby Royal Scot '''46151'''. This loco was withdrawn in December [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:d7000-1.jpg|Pioneer [[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7000]] at the same end of the station in [[1962]]. The [[w:Blue Circle Industries|Blue Circle Cement]] depot on [[Avon Street]] is visible behind. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:D6354-1.jpg|North British [[Class 22]] [[D6354]] pulls a freight out of [[Temple Meads Goods]]. This loco ended her days in the scrap line at [[St Philips Marsh]].
Image:Temple Meads13.jpg|'''5024''' Carew Castle awaits departure while a [[Class 42|Warship]] departs from the then platform 9. This loco was withdrawn in May [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads50.jpg|'''7036''' Taunton Castle at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads14.jpg|A couple of [[Class 45|Peaks]] (D20 closest to the camera) stand at Temple Meads with the northbound Devonian. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads15.jpg|A very grubby Std Class 5 No '''73012''' waits with a train for the North East in [[1962]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Porch|Roger Porch]]''
Image:Temple Meads16.jpg|'''1021''' County of Montgomery stands at the east end of Temple Meads. She was new in December [[1946]] and withdrawn from [[St Philips Marsh]] in November [[1963]].
Image:Temple Meads17.jpg|'''7019''' Fowey Castle stands at Temple Meads during May [[1963]]. She was withdrawn four months later.
Image:d848-1.jpg|[[D848]] Sultan pilots [[D1029]] Western Legionnaire on 20.7.65.
Image:119-1.jpg|The 11.20 train for Worcester leaves Temple Meads on the 11th October [[1969]].
Image:Temple Meads20.jpg|An excellent view from [[Bath Road Bridge|Bath Road]] showing a couple of [[Class 42|Warships]], a complicated track layout, and a big crowd of spotters.
</gallery>

== 1970s ==
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Image:Temple Meads21.jpg|An early 1970s shot of Temple Meads that shows a Post Office conveyor system under construction. The [[Class 37|37s]] are returning from near [[Hewish Level Crossing|Hewish]] with an empty fly ash train. The ash was used during the construction of the [[w:M5 motorway|M5]] motorway. ''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:Temple Meads53.jpg|[[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]] managed to catch a similar working. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D818-1.jpg|Another image from the early 1970s showing [[D818]] under the post office bridge with construction work going on above her. The loco was withdrawn in [[1972]] but not scrapped until November [[1985]]. In the meantime she provided countless spares to the other preserved examples.''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:d33-1.jpg|[[D33]] enters Temple Meads with a parcels train. ''© [[:Category:Laurence Spring|Laurence Spring]]''
Image:d814-1.jpg|[[D814]] awaits work in the station. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D812-1.jpg|As does [[D812]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D1034-1.jpg|[[D1034]] at the south end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D1073-1.jpg|[[D1073]] waits the off in July [[1973]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D24-1.jpg|[[D24]] trundles through with a parcels train. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:252001-2.jpg|The prototype HST visits the station. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:252001-1.jpg|A [[Class 31]], on a parcels train, pulls alongside. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:1123-1.jpg|'Hampshire' [[Class 205]] [[1123]] waits at Temple Meads with a service to [[Portsmouth Harbour]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:D7028-3.jpg|[[Class 35|Hymek]] [[D7028]] with a parcels train for [[Southampton Central|Southampton]]. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Temple Meads55.jpg|A [[Class 52|Western]] shunts vans. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:401-1.jpg|[[Class 50]] [[401]] at Temple Meads with a crew-training run. '' © [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:7656-1.jpg|[[Class 25]] [[7656]] double heads a coal train through the station.
Image:Flying Scotsman2.jpg|The [[w:LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|Flying Scotsman]] makes a visit to Bristol in [[1974]]. ''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:Flying Scotsman1.jpg|''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:Flying Scotsman3.jpg|''© [[:Category:Simon Whittingham|Simon Whittingham]]''
Image:40081-1.jpg|[[40081]] makes a rare visit to Temple Meads on 25.9.75. ''© [[:Category:Phil Bidwell|Phil Bidwell]]''
Image:25039-1.jpg|[[25039]] on a [[Taunton]] to [[Cardiff Central]] service. Oct 1975. ''Hugh Llewelyn. Creative Commons''
Image:D1001-1.jpg|[[D1001]] '''Western Pathfinder''' at the west end of the station. 4.8.76 ''© [[:Category:Dave Higson|Dave Higson]]''
Image:55033-1.jpg|[[55033]] departs Temple Meads with a service for [[Severn Beach]]. 11.12.76 ''© [[:Category:Dave Higson|Dave Higson]]''
Image:08185-1.jpg|[[08185]] shunts a mail train on 30.4.77.
Image:25070-1.jpg|[[25070]] and [[25275]] on a summer Saturday special from the north. 23-7-77 ''© [[:Category:Dave Higson|Dave Higson]]''
Image:Temple Meads51.jpg|An unidentified [[Class 50]] waits to head south in the late 1970s.
Image:37214-2.jpg|[[37214]] with a newspaper train. 21.4.79
Image:253009.jpg|HST unit 253009 begins the thrash out of temple meads with a service for [[Paddington railway station|Paddington]] sometime in the late 70s.
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== 1980s ==
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Image:08935-1.jpg|[[08935]] shunting at the west end of the station in [[1980]].
Image:TerryFoulger1.jpg|Fantastic photo showing a [[Class 33]] an [[Class 08|08]] a [[Class 45|Peak]] and a [[Class 101]] DMU. ''&copy Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0''
File:31238-1.jpg|31238 on a parcels train passing Bristol Temple Meads on 26 April 1980. ''by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0''
Image:RogerChilds10.jpg|A DMU at the station. May [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:RogerChilds11.jpg|The same unit and a [[Class 33]] with a service for [[Portsmouth Harbour]]. May [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:RogerChilds12.jpg|[[Class 47|Class 47s]] at the east end of the station. May [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:31419-1.jpg|[[31419]] awaiting her next duty. May [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:33035-2.jpg|[[33035]] with a [[Portsmouth Harbour]] service. [[1982]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:47015-2.jpg|[[47015]] waits her next turn of duty at the east end of Temple Meads.
Image:Temple Meads23.jpg|A cold snap hit Bristol on 9.4.82. ''© [[:Category:Adrian Henry|Adrian Henry]]''
Image:Temple Meads24.jpg|Another view of the [[Class 50]] on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Adrian Henry|Adrian Henry]]''
Image:Temple Meads25.jpg|And another one taken on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Adrian Henry|Adrian Henry]]''
Image:Temple Meads57.jpg|Resurfacing work on platform 9. 2.2.84
Image:Temple Meads56.jpg|Resurfacing work on platform 11. 23.2.84
Image:Temple Meads58.jpg|John Menzies on Platform 3. 28.3.85
Image:47508-3.jpg|On July 26th [[1985]] [[47508]] received the nameplates S.S. Great Britain from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the [[:Category:GWR|GWR]].
Image:Temple Meads27.jpg|A general view of the west end of Temple Meads taken in the 80s. ''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]''
Image:Temple Meads28.jpg|May 1988 A [[w:Inter City 125|HST]] heading south. ''© [[:Category:Clive Moore|Clive Moore]]''
Image:155312-1.jpg|[[155312]] unit leaves the confines of [[Bath Road Depot]] after servicing on the 25.7.88.
Image:Temple Meads59.jpg|A view of the station taken the same day. A freight passes through on the right while a parcels train is readied on the left.
Image:31407-1.jpg|A [[Leeds]] train double-headed by [[31407]] and [[31456]] arrives at Temple Meads. This would have normally been a [[Class 47]] working.
Image:47500-1.jpg|[[47500]], painted in [[:Category:GWR|GWR]] green livery, awaits the off with the 12.07 train bound for [[Edinburgh]] and [[Glasgow]] on the 19.12.88.
Image:47647-1.jpg|The sun was setting as [[47647]] set off on a train bound for [[Penzance]]. 24.4.88.
Image:47648-1.jpg|[[47648]] simmers at platform 12 with the guard looking on in the background. 2.10.88
Image:Temple Meads37.jpg|[[50031]] leaves Temple Meads at 12.15 and heads for [[Plymouth]] on the 19.12.88.
Image:s940-1.jpg|A DMU is loaded with mail as it awaits a green light for [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]]. '''52048''' 3.8.88
Image:08646-1.jpg|[[08646]] shunts parcels.
Image:Temple Meads38.jpg|[[47631]] pokes out from underneath the Post Office machinery bridge on the 15.5.88.
Image:Temple Meads39.jpg|An HST blasts off on the last leg of it's journey from [[Paddington railway station|London]] to [[Weston Super Mare]]. [[43126]].
Image:47458-1.jpg|[[47458]] heads a parcels train on the 6.2.89.
Image:47580-1.jpg|A night time shot of [[47580]] County Of Essex, complete with the Cockney Sparrow, after being transferred from Stratford in East London. 6.2.89.
Image:47613-1.jpg|[[47613]] photographed the same night on a 20.07 service to [[Taunton]]. The train was 15 minutes late leaving Temple Meads.
Image:155314-1.jpg|[[155314]] enters the station with a service from [[Cardiff Central|Cardiff]]
File:UltraSonicTestTrain1.jpg|The Derby Lightweight Ultrasonic Test Train stands in the fish dock area of Temple Meads on the late 1980s.
</gallery>

== 1990s ==
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Image:158817-11.jpg|[[158817]] in [[1992]]
Image:47701-1.jpg|[[47701]] at Temple Meads in October [[1998]].
Image:47709-3.jpg|While her Fragonset sister [[47709]] rests at the other end of Temple Meads.
Image:47783-1.jpg|[[47783]] Saint Peter awaits the off with a RES service sometime in the late 90s.
Image:47817-2.jpg|The driver of [[47817]], which is on a cross-country service, awaits a whistle from the guard in February [[1999]].
Image:Temple Meads40.jpg|The view east with [[50008]] and [[50015]] running light-engine into the station. ''© [[:Category:David Burrell|David Burrell]]''
Image:B40-1.jpg|An unidentified [[Class 47]] passes signal B40 the west end of the station.
Image:TempleMeads60.jpg|A RES class 47 leads Royal Scotsman coaches out of the station sometime in the late '90s. ''© [[:Category:Craig Munday|Craig Munday]]''
</gallery>

== 2001 ==
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Image:47849-1.jpg|[[47849]] uncouples from her train at the west end of Temple Meads on 29.6.01.
</gallery>
== 2003 ==
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Image:Temple Meads41.jpg|Temple Meads as viewed from [[Bristol & Exeter House]] on the 24.6.03 ''© [[:Category:Mike P|Mike P]]''
Image:Bristol & Exeter House1.jpg|A view of [[Bristol & Exeter House]] which stands on the approach to Temple Meads. For more photos of this building see [[Bristol & Exeter House|This Page]].
Image:Temple Meads42.jpg|The view from the east end of the station. [[:Category:Andy Spencer|Andy Spencer]] catches a couple of [[Class 50]]s on a Pathfinder tour at the end of [[2003]]. There's some more photos of these locos on the [[Bristol East Power Box]] page.
</gallery>
== 2004 ==
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Image:143619-6.jpg|The ex-Royal Mail building can also be seen in the background of this photo of [[143619]]. 7.10.04.
Image:143611-12.jpg|[[143611]] + [[143603]] stand at Temple Meads on the 27.11.04.
</gallery>
== 2005 ==
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Image:Temple Meads45.jpg|A Superb view south across the rooftops at Temple Meads with Totterdown on the hill in the distance and the yellow 'Banana Bridge' on the right. ''© [[:Category:Inks|Inks]]''
Image:Temple Meads46.jpg|And an equally impressive view east with the post office machinery bridge dominating the scene. ''© [[:Category:Inks|Inks]]''
Image:Temple Meads47.jpg|Another roof-top view, this time showing the throat of the station as an [[w:Inter City 125|HST]] leaves with a service for [[Paddington railway station|London]]. 26.10.05 ''© [[:Category:Mark Lippiatt|Mark Lippiatt]]'' 26.10.05
Image:Temple Meads48.jpg|A ground level shot of the west end of the station taken on the 7.10.05
Image:143613-4.jpg|[[143613]] awaits its next duty at the east end of the station on the same day.
Image:66086-1.jpg|[[66086]] at Temple Meads with a train load of cars from [[Royal Portbury Dock]]. 13.6.05. ''© [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]''
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== 2007 ==
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Image:Lord Nelson1.jpg|'''Lord Nelson''' on the Cathedrals Express. 9.5.07. ''© [[:Category:Andy Mitchell|Andy Mitchell]]''
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== 2012 ==
4.10.12
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== 2015 ==
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Image:TM2015-1.jpg|A couple of grabs showing the removal of the Royal Mail gantry. 26.3.15
Image:TM2015-2.jpg|
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== 2016 ==
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Image:43091-2.jpg|[[43091]] at the station with repairs to the platforms evident since the removal of the overhead equipment. 30.6.16
Image:43144-1.jpg|43144 just about visible at the changed east end of the station.
Image:TMS16-3.jpg|Cross Country Voyagers.
Image:159020-5.jpg|[[159020]] At the west end of the station.
Image:TMS16-1.jpg|The view towards the remains of Bath Road Depot.
Image:TMS16-2.jpg|The station from my favourite after school spot.
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31238

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[[Class 31]]
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File:31238-1.jpg|31238 on a parcels train passing [[Temple Meads]] on 26 April 1980 by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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31238

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[[Class 31]]
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File:31238-1.jpg|31238 on a parcels train passing Bristol Temple Meads on 26 April 1980 by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Class 31

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File:31238-1.jpg

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Weirdoldhattie: “31238 on a parcels train passing Bristol Temple Meads on 26 April 1980” by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0 Category:Foulger Rail Photos

== Summary ==
“31238 on a parcels train passing Bristol Temple Meads on 26 April 1980” by Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 4.0

[[Category:Foulger Rail Photos]]

Class 101

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Bristol Parkway

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'''To Bristol or Wales''': [[Hatchet Road]]
 '''To Yate or London''': [[West of England Post Office Rail Depot]]
== History ==
Opened on the 1st May [[1972]] on the site of Stoke Gifford marshalling yard which closed on 4th October [[1971]]. The original station was built by Stone & Co. of Bristol and consisted of open platforms connected by an open footbridge. Only very basic booking and waiting facilities were provided.

The station was redeveloped through the year 2000, and a new main building opened on 1st July [[2001]]. A third platform was opened on the 9th May [[2007]] and a fourth on the 13th April [[2018]].
== Track Plans ==
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Image:Bristol Parkway Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bristol Parkway from [[1988]].
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== 1970s ==
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Image:D1025-1.jpg|D1025 enters Stoke Gifford Yard from the east. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:37230-1.jpg|As does [[37230]] on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1972-1.jpg|The official BR portrait of the station taken just before opening in [[1972]].
Image:37294-1.jpg|[[37294]] and [[37270]] depart light engine from the station on 19.8.76. A long van train heads for wales in the distance.
Image:Bristol Parkway21.jpg|At the other end of the station on the same day were [[37239]] on a ballast train, [[47508]] on a 12.55 service to [[Swansea]] and [[45041]] with the 10.40 service from [[Leeds]] to [[Paignton]].
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== 1980s ==
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Image:Bristol Parkway18.jpg|A snowy station during the winter of [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway19.jpg|A [[Class 31]] at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway20.jpg|A [[Class 47]] enters the station with a coal train. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:37291-1.jpg|[[37291]] at the west end of the station with a rake of coal wagons. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway15.jpg|A [[Class 50]] heads through the station in [[1982]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway16.jpg|A large logo [[Class 56]] shunts wagons at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway17.jpg|As do a pair of [[Class 37|Class 37s]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1.jpg|A view across the car park at '''Bristol Parkway''' with [[w:Concorde|Concorde]] coming into land at [[w:Bristol Filton Airport|Filton Airport]] to take part in a families airshow day. A [[Class 47]] waits with a parcels train, while in the background a rake of cement wagons that will have either come from, or are going to [[Lawrence Hill]] or [[Avon Street]]. Between them is a rake of wagons destined for [[Filton Tip]]. ''© [[:Category:Geoff Hartland|Geoff Hartland]]''
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== 2004-5 ==
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Image:Bristol Parkway2.jpg|The 2001 station building.
Image:Bristol Parkway3.jpg|A look at the main building. The left hand side is the meeting area and concourse. The bottom right of the building is the ticket office. The top right is the waiting room. You can see for miles across Bristol from up there.
Image:Bristol Parkway4.jpg|This footbridge leads to the platforms. It crosses the through lines first though.
Image:Bristol Parkway5.jpg|A quick look inside the concourse. I need a really wide-angle lens to do justice to this place. I would have taken more photos but the light was fading fast and I started to get followed by a security guard with a worried expression on his face.
Image:Bristol Parkway6.jpg|At the west end of the station is this crossing.
Image:Bristol Parkway7.jpg|The view west from the west end of the station.
Image:Bristol Parkway8.jpg|A [[w:British Rail Class 220|Voyager]] gets the right of way and heads for [[Temple Meads]].
Image:Bristol Parkway9.jpg|Looking east along the platforms. A healthy crowd is awaiting a London-bound [[w:InterCity 125|HST]].
Image:Bristol Parkway10.jpg|The view east taken from the footbridge. Disused Royal Mail coaches await their fate in the sidings.
Image:Bristol Parkway11.jpg|An HST bound for Swansea arrives on platform 2.
</gallery>
== 2007 ==
11.2.07
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway12.jpg|Work underway on constructing a third platform. The view east.
Image:Bristol Parkway13.jpg|The view west.
Image:Bristol Parkway14.jpg|The station viewed from the top deck of the car park.
</gallery>
== 2018 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristolparkway15.jpg|The station has been expanded with the addition of a multi-storey car park.
</gallery>
== 2026 ==
12.6.26 
'''Platform 1'''
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway20.jpg|Looking west from the east end of platform 1.
File:BristolParkway21.jpg|
File:BristolParkway22.jpg|The view east from platform 1.
File:BristolParkway23.jpg|
File:BristolParkway24.jpg|
File:BristolParkway25.jpg|Closer to the west end of the station.
File:66606-3.jpg|Four [[Class 66]] were stabled at the station during my visit.
</gallery>
'''Platform 2'''
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway26.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway27.jpg|And the view east from the west end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway28.jpg|The view west showing [[Stoke Gifford Junction]].
File:BristolParkway29.jpg|A zoomed view with [[Stoke Gifford Depot]] visible in the distance.
</gallery>
'''Platform 3'''
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway30.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 3.
File:BristolParkway32.jpg|The view east from the west end of platform 3 with the [[West of England Post Office Rail Depot|Network Rail Training Centre]] visible alongside.
File:165103-3.jpg|[[165103]] stands at platform 3. It seemed to have broken down, but I could be wrong.
</gallery>
'''Platform 4'''
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway31.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 4.
File:BristolParkway33.jpg|The view east from the west end of platform 4.
</gallery>
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== April ==
13th. Platform 4 at [[Bristol Parkway]] opened.
== November==
19th. Quadrupling of the track up [[:Category:Filton Bank|Filton Bank]] for the second time officially opened.
[[Category:Timeline]]

Bristol Parkway

2026-06-14T10:30:19Z

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'''To Bristol or Wales''': [[Hatchet Road]]
 '''To Yate or London''': [[West of England Post Office Rail Depot]]
== History ==
Opened on the 1st May [[1972]] on the site of Stoke Gifford marshalling yard which closed on 4th October [[1971]]. The original station was built by Stone & Co. of Bristol and consisted of open platforms connected by an open footbridge. Only very basic booking and waiting facilities were provided.

The station was redeveloped through the year 2000, and a new main building opened on 1st July [[2001]]. A third platform was opened on the 9th May [[2007]] and a fourth on the 13th April [[2018]].
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bristol Parkway from [[1988]].
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:D1025-1.jpg|D1025 enters Stoke Gifford Yard from the east. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:37230-1.jpg|As does [[37230]] on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1972-1.jpg|The official BR portrait of the station taken just before opening in [[1972]].
Image:37294-1.jpg|[[37294]] and [[37270]] depart light engine from the station on 19.8.76. A long van train heads for wales in the distance.
Image:Bristol Parkway21.jpg|At the other end of the station on the same day were [[37239]] on a ballast train, [[47508]] on a 12.55 service to [[Swansea]] and [[45041]] with the 10.40 service from [[Leeds]] to [[Paignton]].
</gallery>
== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway18.jpg|A snowy station during the winter of [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway19.jpg|A [[Class 31]] at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway20.jpg|A [[Class 47]] enters the station with a coal train. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:37291-1.jpg|[[37291]] at the west end of the station with a rake of coal wagons. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway15.jpg|A [[Class 50]] heads through the station in [[1982]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway16.jpg|A large logo [[Class 56]] shunts wagons at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway17.jpg|As do a pair of [[Class 37|Class 37s]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1.jpg|A view across the car park at '''Bristol Parkway''' with [[w:Concorde|Concorde]] coming into land at [[w:Bristol Filton Airport|Filton Airport]] to take part in a families airshow day. A [[Class 47]] waits with a parcels train, while in the background a rake of cement wagons that will have either come from, or are going to [[Lawrence Hill]] or [[Avon Street]]. Between them is a rake of wagons destined for [[Filton Tip]]. ''© [[:Category:Geoff Hartland|Geoff Hartland]]''
</gallery>
== 2004-5 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway2.jpg|The 2001 station building.
Image:Bristol Parkway3.jpg|A look at the main building. The left hand side is the meeting area and concourse. The bottom right of the building is the ticket office. The top right is the waiting room. You can see for miles across Bristol from up there.
Image:Bristol Parkway4.jpg|This footbridge leads to the platforms. It crosses the through lines first though.
Image:Bristol Parkway5.jpg|A quick look inside the concourse. I need a really wide-angle lens to do justice to this place. I would have taken more photos but the light was fading fast and I started to get followed by a security guard with a worried expression on his face.
Image:Bristol Parkway6.jpg|At the west end of the station is this crossing.
Image:Bristol Parkway7.jpg|The view west from the west end of the station.
Image:Bristol Parkway8.jpg|A [[w:British Rail Class 220|Voyager]] gets the right of way and heads for [[Temple Meads]].
Image:Bristol Parkway9.jpg|Looking east along the platforms. A healthy crowd is awaiting a London-bound [[w:InterCity 125|HST]].
Image:Bristol Parkway10.jpg|The view east taken from the footbridge. Disused Royal Mail coaches await their fate in the sidings.
Image:Bristol Parkway11.jpg|An HST bound for Swansea arrives on platform 2.
</gallery>
== 2007 ==
11.2.07
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway12.jpg|Work underway on constructing a third platform. The view east.
Image:Bristol Parkway13.jpg|The view west.
Image:Bristol Parkway14.jpg|The station viewed from the top deck of the car park.
</gallery>
== 2018 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristolparkway15.jpg|The station has been expanded with the addition of a multi-storey car park.
</gallery>
== 2026 ==
A walk around the station starting at Platform 1 and ending on Platform 4. 12.6.26
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway20.jpg|Looking west from the east end of platform 1.
File:BristolParkway21.jpg|
File:BristolParkway22.jpg|The view east from platform 1.
File:BristolParkway23.jpg|
File:BristolParkway24.jpg|
File:BristolParkway25.jpg|Closer to the west end of the station.
File:66606-3.jpg|Four [[Class 66]] were stabled at the station during my visit.
File:BristolParkway26.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway27.jpg|And the view east from the west end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway28.jpg|The view west showing [[Stoke Gifford Junction]].
File:BristolParkway29.jpg|A zoomed view with [[Stoke Gifford Depot]] visible in the distance.
File:BristolParkway30.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 3.
File:BristolParkway31.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 4.
</gallery>
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[[Category:GWR]]
[[Category:Geoff Hartland]]
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[[Category:Stations]]

Bristol Parkway

2026-06-14T10:27:13Z

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'''To Bristol or Wales''': [[Hatchet Road]]
 '''To Yate or London''': [[West of England Post Office Rail Depot]]
== History ==
Opened on the 1st May [[1972]] on the site of Stoke Gifford marshalling yard which closed on 4th October [[1971]]. The original station was built by Stone & Co. of Bristol and consisted of open platforms connected by an open footbridge. Only very basic booking and waiting facilities were provided.

The station was redeveloped through the year 2000, and a new main building opened on 1st July [[2001]]. A third platform was opened in [[2007]] with a fourth planned for 2008.
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bristol Parkway from [[1988]].
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:D1025-1.jpg|D1025 enters Stoke Gifford Yard from the east. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:37230-1.jpg|As does [[37230]] on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1972-1.jpg|The official BR portrait of the station taken just before opening in [[1972]].
Image:37294-1.jpg|[[37294]] and [[37270]] depart light engine from the station on 19.8.76. A long van train heads for wales in the distance.
Image:Bristol Parkway21.jpg|At the other end of the station on the same day were [[37239]] on a ballast train, [[47508]] on a 12.55 service to [[Swansea]] and [[45041]] with the 10.40 service from [[Leeds]] to [[Paignton]].
</gallery>
== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway18.jpg|A snowy station during the winter of [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway19.jpg|A [[Class 31]] at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway20.jpg|A [[Class 47]] enters the station with a coal train. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:37291-1.jpg|[[37291]] at the west end of the station with a rake of coal wagons. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway15.jpg|A [[Class 50]] heads through the station in [[1982]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway16.jpg|A large logo [[Class 56]] shunts wagons at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway17.jpg|As do a pair of [[Class 37|Class 37s]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1.jpg|A view across the car park at '''Bristol Parkway''' with [[w:Concorde|Concorde]] coming into land at [[w:Bristol Filton Airport|Filton Airport]] to take part in a families airshow day. A [[Class 47]] waits with a parcels train, while in the background a rake of cement wagons that will have either come from, or are going to [[Lawrence Hill]] or [[Avon Street]]. Between them is a rake of wagons destined for [[Filton Tip]]. ''© [[:Category:Geoff Hartland|Geoff Hartland]]''
</gallery>
== 2004-5 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway2.jpg|The 2001 station building.
Image:Bristol Parkway3.jpg|A look at the main building. The left hand side is the meeting area and concourse. The bottom right of the building is the ticket office. The top right is the waiting room. You can see for miles across Bristol from up there.
Image:Bristol Parkway4.jpg|This footbridge leads to the platforms. It crosses the through lines first though.
Image:Bristol Parkway5.jpg|A quick look inside the concourse. I need a really wide-angle lens to do justice to this place. I would have taken more photos but the light was fading fast and I started to get followed by a security guard with a worried expression on his face.
Image:Bristol Parkway6.jpg|At the west end of the station is this crossing.
Image:Bristol Parkway7.jpg|The view west from the west end of the station.
Image:Bristol Parkway8.jpg|A [[w:British Rail Class 220|Voyager]] gets the right of way and heads for [[Temple Meads]].
Image:Bristol Parkway9.jpg|Looking east along the platforms. A healthy crowd is awaiting a London-bound [[w:InterCity 125|HST]].
Image:Bristol Parkway10.jpg|The view east taken from the footbridge. Disused Royal Mail coaches await their fate in the sidings.
Image:Bristol Parkway11.jpg|An HST bound for Swansea arrives on platform 2.
</gallery>
== 2007 ==
11.2.07
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway12.jpg|Work underway on constructing a third platform. The view east.
Image:Bristol Parkway13.jpg|The view west.
Image:Bristol Parkway14.jpg|The station viewed from the top deck of the car park.
</gallery>
== 2018 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristolparkway15.jpg|The station has been expanded with the addition of a multi-storey car park.
</gallery>
== 2026 ==
A walk around the station starting at Platform 1 and ending on Platform 4. 12.6.26
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway20.jpg|Looking west from the east end of platform 1.
File:BristolParkway21.jpg|
File:BristolParkway22.jpg|The view east from platform 1.
File:BristolParkway23.jpg|
File:BristolParkway24.jpg|
File:BristolParkway25.jpg|Closer to the west end of the station.
File:66606-3.jpg|Four [[Class 66]] were stabled at the station during my visit.
File:BristolParkway26.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway27.jpg|And the view east from the west end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway28.jpg|The view west showing [[Stoke Gifford Junction]].
File:BristolParkway29.jpg|A zoomed view with [[Stoke Gifford Depot]] visible in the distance.
File:BristolParkway30.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 3.
File:BristolParkway31.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 4.
</gallery>
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[[Category:GWR]]
[[Category:Geoff Hartland]]
[[Category:Andy Kirkham]]
[[Category:Stations]]

Bristol Parkway

2026-06-14T10:27:02Z

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'''To Bristol or Wales''': [[Hatchet Road]]
 '''To Yate or London''': [[West of England Post Office Rail Depot]]
== History ==
Opened on the 1st May [[1972]] on the site of Stoke Gifford marshalling yard which closed on 4th October [[1971]]. The original station was built by Stone & Co. of Bristol and consisted of open platforms connected by an open footbridge. Only very basic booking and waiting facilities were provided.

The station was redeveloped through the year 2000, and a new main building opened on 1st July [[2001]]. A third platform was opened in [[2007]] with a fourth planned for 2008.
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bristol Parkway from [[1988]].
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:D1025-1.jpg|D1025 enters Stoke Gifford Yard from the east. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:37230-1.jpg|As does [[37230]] on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1972-1.jpg|The official BR portrait of the station taken just before opening in [[1972]].
Image:37294-1.jpg|[[37294]] and [[37270]] depart light engine from the station on 19.8.76. A long van train heads for wales in the distance.
Image:Bristol Parkway21.jpg|At the other end of the station on the same day were [[37239]] on a ballast train, [[47508]] on a 12.55 service to [[Swansea]] and [[45041]] with the 10.40 service from [[Leeds]] to [[Paignton]].
</gallery>
== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway18.jpg|A snowy station during the winter of [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway19.jpg|A [[Class 31]] at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway20.jpg|A [[Class 47]] enters the station with a coal train. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:37291-1.jpg|[[37291]] at the west end of the station with a rake of coal wagons. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway15.jpg|A [[Class 50]] heads through the station in [[1982]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway16.jpg|A large logo [[Class 56]] shunts wagons at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway17.jpg|As do a pair of [[Class 37|Class 37s]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1.jpg|A view across the car park at '''Bristol Parkway''' with [[w:Concorde|Concorde]] coming into land at [[w:Bristol Filton Airport|Filton Airport]] to take part in a families airshow day. A [[Class 47]] waits with a parcels train, while in the background a rake of cement wagons that will have either come from, or are going to [[Lawrence Hill]] or [[Avon Street]]. Between them is a rake of wagons destined for [[Filton Tip]]. ''© [[:Category:Geoff Hartland|Geoff Hartland]]''
</gallery>
== 2004-5 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway2.jpg|The 2001 station building.
Image:Bristol Parkway3.jpg|A look at the main building. The left hand side is the meeting area and concourse. The bottom right of the building is the ticket office. The top right is the waiting room. You can see for miles across Bristol from up there.
Image:Bristol Parkway4.jpg|This footbridge leads to the platforms. It crosses the through lines first though.
Image:Bristol Parkway5.jpg|A quick look inside the concourse. I need a really wide-angle lens to do justice to this place. I would have taken more photos but the light was fading fast and I started to get followed by a security guard with a worried expression on his face.
Image:Bristol Parkway6.jpg|At the west end of the station is this crossing.
Image:Bristol Parkway7.jpg|The view west from the west end of the station.
Image:Bristol Parkway8.jpg|A [[w:British Rail Class 220|Voyager]] gets the right of way and heads for [[Temple Meads]].
Image:Bristol Parkway9.jpg|Looking east along the platforms. A healthy crowd is awaiting a London-bound [[w:InterCity 125|HST]].
Image:Bristol Parkway10.jpg|The view east taken from the footbridge. Disused Royal Mail coaches await their fate in the sidings.
Image:Bristol Parkway11.jpg|An HST bound for Swansea arrives on platform 2.
</gallery>
== 2007 ==
11.2.07
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway12.jpg|Work underway on constructing a third platform. The view east.
Image:Bristol Parkway13.jpg|The view west.
Image:Bristol Parkway14.jpg|The station viewed from the top deck of the car park.
</gallery>
== 2018 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristolparkway15.jpg|The station has been expanded with the addition of a multi-storey car park.
</gallery>
== 2026 ==
A walk around the station starting at Platform 1 and ending on Platform 3. 12.6.26
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway20.jpg|Looking west from the east end of platform 1.
File:BristolParkway21.jpg|
File:BristolParkway22.jpg|The view east from platform 1.
File:BristolParkway23.jpg|
File:BristolParkway24.jpg|
File:BristolParkway25.jpg|Closer to the west end of the station.
File:66606-3.jpg|Four [[Class 66]] were stabled at the station during my visit.
File:BristolParkway26.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway27.jpg|And the view east from the west end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway28.jpg|The view west showing [[Stoke Gifford Junction]].
File:BristolParkway29.jpg|A zoomed view with [[Stoke Gifford Depot]] visible in the distance.
File:BristolParkway30.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 3.
File:BristolParkway31.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 4.
</gallery>
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[[Category:GWR]]
[[Category:Geoff Hartland]]
[[Category:Andy Kirkham]]
[[Category:Stations]]

Bristol Parkway

2026-06-13T22:16:45Z

Weirdoldhattie:

'''To Bristol or Wales''': [[Hatchet Road]]
 '''To Yate or London''': [[West of England Post Office Rail Depot]]
== History ==
Opened on the 1st May [[1972]] on the site of Stoke Gifford marshalling yard which closed on 4th October [[1971]]. The original station was built by Stone & Co. of Bristol and consisted of open platforms connected by an open footbridge. Only very basic booking and waiting facilities were provided.

The station was redeveloped through the year 2000, and a new main building opened on 1st July [[2001]]. A third platform was opened in [[2007]] with a fourth planned for 2008.
== Track Plans ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Bristol Parkway from [[1988]].
</gallery>
== 1970s ==
<gallery>
Image:D1025-1.jpg|D1025 enters Stoke Gifford Yard from the east. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:37230-1.jpg|As does [[37230]] on the same day. ''© [[:Category:Andy Kirkham|Andy Kirkham]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1972-1.jpg|The official BR portrait of the station taken just before opening in [[1972]].
Image:37294-1.jpg|[[37294]] and [[37270]] depart light engine from the station on 19.8.76. A long van train heads for wales in the distance.
Image:Bristol Parkway21.jpg|At the other end of the station on the same day were [[37239]] on a ballast train, [[47508]] on a 12.55 service to [[Swansea]] and [[45041]] with the 10.40 service from [[Leeds]] to [[Paignton]].
</gallery>
== 1980s ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway18.jpg|A snowy station during the winter of [[1981]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway19.jpg|A [[Class 31]] at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway20.jpg|A [[Class 47]] enters the station with a coal train. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:37291-1.jpg|[[37291]] at the west end of the station with a rake of coal wagons. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway15.jpg|A [[Class 50]] heads through the station in [[1982]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway16.jpg|A large logo [[Class 56]] shunts wagons at the east end of the station. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway17.jpg|As do a pair of [[Class 37|Class 37s]]. ''© [[:Category:Roger Childs|Roger Childs]]''
Image:Bristol Parkway1.jpg|A view across the car park at '''Bristol Parkway''' with [[w:Concorde|Concorde]] coming into land at [[w:Bristol Filton Airport|Filton Airport]] to take part in a families airshow day. A [[Class 47]] waits with a parcels train, while in the background a rake of cement wagons that will have either come from, or are going to [[Lawrence Hill]] or [[Avon Street]]. Between them is a rake of wagons destined for [[Filton Tip]]. ''© [[:Category:Geoff Hartland|Geoff Hartland]]''
</gallery>
== 2004-5 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway2.jpg|The 2001 station building.
Image:Bristol Parkway3.jpg|A look at the main building. The left hand side is the meeting area and concourse. The bottom right of the building is the ticket office. The top right is the waiting room. You can see for miles across Bristol from up there.
Image:Bristol Parkway4.jpg|This footbridge leads to the platforms. It crosses the through lines first though.
Image:Bristol Parkway5.jpg|A quick look inside the concourse. I need a really wide-angle lens to do justice to this place. I would have taken more photos but the light was fading fast and I started to get followed by a security guard with a worried expression on his face.
Image:Bristol Parkway6.jpg|At the west end of the station is this crossing.
Image:Bristol Parkway7.jpg|The view west from the west end of the station.
Image:Bristol Parkway8.jpg|A [[w:British Rail Class 220|Voyager]] gets the right of way and heads for [[Temple Meads]].
Image:Bristol Parkway9.jpg|Looking east along the platforms. A healthy crowd is awaiting a London-bound [[w:InterCity 125|HST]].
Image:Bristol Parkway10.jpg|The view east taken from the footbridge. Disused Royal Mail coaches await their fate in the sidings.
Image:Bristol Parkway11.jpg|An HST bound for Swansea arrives on platform 2.
</gallery>
== 2007 ==
11.2.07
<gallery>
Image:Bristol Parkway12.jpg|Work underway on constructing a third platform. The view east.
Image:Bristol Parkway13.jpg|The view west.
Image:Bristol Parkway14.jpg|The station viewed from the top deck of the car park.
</gallery>
== 2018 ==
<gallery>
Image:Bristolparkway15.jpg|The station has been expanded with the addition of a multi-storey car park.
</gallery>
== 2026 ==
A walk around the station starting at Platform 1 and ending on Platform 3. 12.6.26
<gallery>
File:BristolParkway20.jpg|Looking west from the east end of platform 1.
File:BristolParkway21.jpg|
File:BristolParkway22.jpg|The view east from platform 1.
File:BristolParkway23.jpg|
File:BristolParkway24.jpg|
File:BristolParkway25.jpg|Closer to the west end of the station.
File:66606-3.jpg|Four [[Class 66]] were stabled at the station during my visit.
File:BristolParkway26.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway27.jpg|And the view east from the west end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway28.jpg|The view west showing [[Stoke Gifford Junction]].
File:BristolParkway29.jpg|A zoomed view with [[Stoke Gifford Depot]] visible in the distance.
File:BristolParkway30.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 2.
File:BristolParkway31.jpg|The view west from the east end of platform 1.
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'''To Trowbridge or Newbury''': [[Westbury-Station Road|Station Road]] 
'''To Frome''': [[Fairwood Junction]] 
'''To Salisbury''': [[Penleigh]]
== 1960s ==
<gallery>
File:D1027-1.jpg|[[D1027]] pilots 6924 Grantley Hall out of Westbury with the down Torbay Express which was running 50 minutes late on 15.9.64.
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== 1970s ==
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File:D825-2.jpg|[[D825]] passing '''Westbury North Signalbox''' on the 23.5.72 with the 05.30 [[Plymouth]] - [[Old Oak Common]] empty vans.
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== 1980s ==
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File:B803-1.jpg|Unit [[B803]] at platform 4.
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== Gallery ==
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File:Westbury1.jpg|The approach to the station. ''© [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]''
Image:Westbury3.jpg|Further up the approach road with a Network Rail depot on the right and the station entrance on the left. ''© [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]''
File:Westbury2.jpg|The station entrance. ''© [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]''
File:Westbury4.jpg|The station viewed from [[Westbury-Station Road|Station Road]]. ''© [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]''
File:Westbury6.jpg|''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
File:Westbury7.jpg|''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
File:Westbury8.jpg|''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
File:Westbury9.jpg|New lifts being installed. ''© [[:Category:Julien Weston|Julien Weston]]''
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[[Category:John Rawlings]]
[[Category:Andrew Ross]]
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[[Category:Julien Weston]]