Parson Street railway station
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| Parson Street | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Bedminster | ||
| Local authority | Bristol | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | PSN | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 7,231 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 14,293 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 29 August 1927 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Parson Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Parson Street railway station serves the western end of Bedminster in Bristol, England. It also serves other surrounding suburbs including Bishopsworth and Ashton Gate, along with Bristol City FC.
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[edit] History
The Bristol and Exeter Railway was opened on 14 June 1841 but there was no station between Bedminster and Flax Bourton until the Great Western Railway opened Parson Street Platform on 29 August 1927. This was situated in a cutting and access to the two platforms was by steps from the bridge that carried Parson Street across the east end of the cutting.[1]
On 21 May 1933 the station was reopened after significant alterations that saw the cutting widened to accommodate four tracks and two island platforms, one for trains in each direction. From north to south the tracks were the Up Relief and Up Main (towards Temple Meads), Down Main and Down Relief. A booking office was provided on a widened Parson Street bridge and so the station became known as Parson Street - the "Platform" denoting a minor stopping place being no longer appropriate.
Immediately east of the station was Malago Vale Carriage Sidings, while to the west was Parson Street Junction. This gave access to the Portishead branch line and a large marshalling yard – Bristol West Depot – was laid out on the south side of the line.
The Bristol Area Resignalling Scheme in the 1970s saw the Down Relief line converted to a siding linking Malago with West Depot where the marshalling yard had become carriage sidings, but this was lifted when West Depot closed sometime after the opening of a new depot at St Philips Marsh to service High Speed Trains. A small road/rail container terminal was operated from the opposite side of the line during the 1980s. The Up Relief line is still used for trains coming off the branch. Trains running on the Up Main from the west can only move across to the Up Relief after passing through Parson Street.
[edit] Services
This station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western. The basic pattern of trains is an hourly train calling at all stations between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare.There are also peak hour services from Cardiff to Taunton.
The station is unstaffed but push-button information point is provided giving details of train services from the station. A payphone is located nearby.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Nailsea and Backwell | First Great Western Bristol to Taunton Line |
Bedminster | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Oakley, Mike (2002). Bristol Railway Stations 1840-2005. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-90434-909-9.
[edit] See also
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