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'''To Wales''': [[Gloucester Road]]<br> | '''To Wales''': [[Gloucester Road]]<br> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Opened on 8th September [[1863]]. With the doubling of the lines between [[Patchway Junction|Patchway]] and [[Pilning]] in association with the opening of the [[Severn Tunnel]] a new [[Patchway Tunnel]] was constructed. This was built on an easier gradient than the original bore and resulted in the tracks through the station being on different levels. As such the station closed on 10th August [[1885]] and replaced with a new Patchway station a quarter of a mile to the south. | |||
== 11.10.05 == | == 11.10.05 == | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 16 December 2007
<googlemap lat="51.531921" lon="-2.565222"> 51.530626, -2.566187, Site of original Patchway station </googlemap>
To Bristol, the North or London: Station Road - Patchway
To Wales: Gloucester Road
History
Opened on 8th September 1863. With the doubling of the lines between Patchway and Pilning in association with the opening of the Severn Tunnel a new Patchway Tunnel was constructed. This was built on an easier gradient than the original bore and resulted in the tracks through the station being on different levels. As such the station closed on 10th August 1885 and replaced with a new Patchway station a quarter of a mile to the south.
11.10.05
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Looking towards Gloucester Road from the bridge on Station Road - Patchway. This was the site of the original Patchway station.
