Avoncliff railway station

Avoncliff National Rail
Location
Place Avoncliff
Local authority Wiltshire
Coordinates 51°20′22″N 2°16′56″W / 51.3395°N 2.2821°WCoordinates: 51°20′22″N 2°16′56″W / 51.3395°N 2.2821°W
Grid reference ST804600
Operations
Station code AVF
Managed by First Great Western
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03   7,928
2004/05 Increase 8,428
2005/06 Increase 10,624
2006/07 Increase 13,888
2007/08 Increase 15,256
2008/09 Increase 15,774
2009/10 Increase 16,240
2010/11 Increase 19,650
2011/12 Decrease 18,284
2012/13 Decrease 16,404
2013/14 Increase 19,394
History
Original company Great Western Railway
9 July 1906 Station opens as Avoncliff Halt
5 May 1969 Station renamed Avoncliff
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Avoncliff from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Avoncliff railway station serves the hamlet of Avoncliff in Wiltshire, England. It also serves the nearby villages of Westwood and Winsley, and Turleigh hamlet. It is situated next to the Kennet and Avon Canal and located almost adjacent to the Avoncliff Aqueduct so it is popular for walkers and cyclists who wish to travel along the canal path or the many picturesque walks around the station.

This station was a request stop, until July 2010. It now has trains scheduled to stop there, whether or not passengers want to board or alight. The station has two platforms, each with a waiting shelter and original lamp-posts, and is served by First Great Western. Residents have voluntarily decorated the station with many pots of flowers and, to mark its 100-year anniversary on the 9 July 2006, decorated the station with bunting and dressed in Victorian clothing for the celebrations.

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway opened as Avoncliff Halt on 9 July 1906, it remained part of that company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The suffix 'Halt' was dropped from 5 May 1969.

When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Railways.

Services

A half-hourly peak and hourly off-peak service is currently provided northbound to Bath and Bristol and southbound to Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Westbury and then further to Weymouth and Southampton.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Freshford   First Great Western
Bristol-/Portsmouth/Brighton
  Bradford-on-Avon
Freshford   First Great Western
Bristol-Weymouth
  Bradford-on-Avon

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