Keynsham

To Bristol, the North or Wales: Station Road-Keynsham
To Bath:River Chew

History

Opened on the 31st of August 1840. Became known as Keynsham & Somerdale from the 1st February 1925 with the opening of the nearby Fry & Sons' new chocolate factory. The station reverted to Keynsham on the 6th May 1974.

In 1851 the Orpheus pavement mosaic was removed from Keynsham station and donated to Bristol Museum.

Track Plans

A track plan of the Keynsham area from 1988

1960s

Some photos of D6325 shunting the level crossing At Fry's chocolate factory. Keynsham West Signal Box visible to the right of the loco. © Ian W Ross
© Ian W Ross
© Ian W Ross
© Ian W Ross

1970s

A Brush Type 4 at the east end of the station and a better view of Keynsham West Signal Box. 1970. © Robin Summerhill
A Western heads for London and passes under the original footbridge. © Robin Summerhill
A Hymek shunts the Fry's chocolate factory siding. © Robin Summerhill
03121 shunts wagons at Fry's chocolate factory in 1977. © Neil Higson
A Fry's privately owned loco works wagons from the factory. © Neil Higson
08935 takes a short train across the A4175 on the 12.5.77. © Dave Higson

1990s

D9000 hurtles through with a VSOE charter on 7.6.97.

2004

22.3.04

A general view of the main entrance to Keynsham station and the waiting shelters.
The car park is full and the station well-used.
The car park is partly built on the alignment of the siding seen in the 1970s photos that connected Fry's chocolate factory with the mainline. The stone pillars on the left of this photo shows where the track entered the factory.
A better look at the gates to the chocolate factory. The connection was first used on the 17th January 1925 and taken out of use on the 26th-27th July 1980. Track is still visible right at the pavements edge.
Back in the car park and a look at the bike sheds.
The view along platform 2 in the direction of Bristol.
This is the main platform shelter on the London side of the station. It was built in 1985 as part of improvement works which included the provision of a new footbridge and the enlargement of the car park.
The footbridge. The original bridge was dismantled in May 1970 and sold to the South Devon Railway where it was later re-erected at Buckfastleigh.
The end of the station that is closest to Bristol has some platform awnings which where constructed in 1930 when the station was rebuilt to provide extra capacity for workers at the nearby chocolate factory.
Between the footbridge and the platform shelters is this electrical equipment shed at the top of a flight of stairs.
The seating in the shelters is quite basic.
This end of the station is very dark because the overbridge carrying Station Road crosses here. The bridge at this spot was originally a typical Brunel Tudor arch and the replacement was put in place in 1931 when the station was rebuilt.
Just past the bridge are the remains of an old staircase that lead to the platforms.
153369 speeds through the station. The solitary passenger waiting on the platform was clearly expecting this to stop, and when it didn't she removed herself to the nearest bus stop!
Back on the footbridge and the view across it.
At the Keynsham end of the footbridge sits this ticket office.
The view from the bridge towards Bristol.
And the view towards Bath.
The view towards Bath from the very end of Platform 1. The small wall with railings on top is where the River Chew passes underneath the railway.
A general view of the station from Platform 1.
60091 trundles through on engineering train.
While 158748 speeds past in the opposite direction.
A zoomed view of the line towards Bristol. This section of track runs alongside the A4 Keynsham Bypass.
As well as the entrance to the station in the first photo, there's also this one on Station Road for pedestrians.