Sea Mills

To Bristol: The Portway
To Avonmouth: River Trym

History

Originally opened on the 6th March 1865 as a single platform with a wooden office. The station was rebuilt in 1906 when the line was doubled.

2003

27.12.03

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  Standing at the Bristol end of the station and viewing the bridge that takes The Portway over the railway.
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  The same view zoomed out.
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  The view along the platform from the Bristol end of the station.
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  The first of two platform shelters.
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  And the second.
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  An electrical cabinet stashed away behind the platform shelters.
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  A look back along the platform from the gated crossing at the Avonmouth end of the station.
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  The station building viewed from the platform side.
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  The station building as viewed from the approach road. The date 1906 is embedded into the gable. This is when the station was rebuilt and the line doubled.
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  Immediately out of the station the railway crosses the River Trym.

2007

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  The station has been spruced up a bit since my last visit.

2018

3.5.18

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  A visit during May brings a much improved station. Rubbish bins, cycle parking, customer service points, platform improvements etc.
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  Unusually, the bus shelter previously installed has now been removed leaving just the original one.
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Videos

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