St Andrew's Road railway station
St Andrews Road  | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Avonmouth, Bristol England |
| Coordinates | 51°30′48″N 2°41′46″W / 51.5132°N 2.6962°W |
| Grid reference | ST517795 |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SAR |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1917 | Opened for workmen only |
| 13 November 1922 | closed |
| 30 June 1924 | reopened as a public station |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  4,724 |
| 2019/20 |  5,728 |
| 2020/21 | 4,910 |
| 2021/22 | 7,164 |
| 2022/23 | 17,322 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrew's Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, Bristol, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.
This station is 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. All trains serving it are operated by and the station is managed by Great Western Railway. DB Cargo UK also operate coal trains to the Aberthaw power stations in Wales on an 'as required' basis and formerly to the now closed Didcot A Power Station from the adjacent bulk freight terminal.
For many years, it has been the least used railway station in Bristol.[1]
History
The station was opened in March 1917 [2] for workmen, but closed on 13 November 1922. It reopened on 30 June 1924 as a public station.[3]
For many years the station had an infrequent service in each direction, but this was increased to hourly in the December 2021 timetable change.
Service
All services at St Andrews Road are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 166 Turbo DMUs.[4][5]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[6]
- 1 tph to Bristol Temple Meads
- 1 tph to Severn Beach
The station is also served by one early morning service on weekdays that extends beyond Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare, one evening weekday service to Salisbury and one Sunday afternoon service that continues to Exeter St Davids.
Services heading towards Severn Beach generally originate at Weston-super-Mare. However, all services from Severn Beach terminate at Bristol Temple Meads, and therefore there is only a very limited service reaching there, but there is more regular service from there to St Andrews Road.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Great Western Railway | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Avonmouth | Great Western Railway |
Chittening Platform Line open, station closed
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References in popular culture
St Andrew's Road station was featured in the Channel 4 series Paul Merton's Secret Stations Season 1 Episode 2 broadcast on 8 May 2016. This series features British comedian Paul Merton visiting various request stop railway stations around Britain.
See also
References
- ^ "Estimates of station usage".
- ^ History of the Severn Beach Line Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Private and Untimetabled Railway stations by G.Croughton page 121
- ^ "Massive increase in Bristol train seats begins today" (Press release). FirstGroup. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ "Modern trains and new technology for Bristol rail passengers". Global Railway Review. Russell Publishing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Train times: Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare to Avonmouth and Severn Beach" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
External links
- Train times and station information for St Andrews Road railway station from National Rail
- A video of coal being loaded at St Andrew's Road
- 2019 YouTube video by Geoff Marshall about the station
