Ashton Gate railway station
| Ashton Gate | |
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| The station as it exists today. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ashton Gate |
| Area | Bristol |
| Operations | |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| History | |
| 15 September 1906 | Station partly opens as Ashton Gate Platform |
| 1 October 1910 | Station fully opens |
| 1917 | Station closed |
| 23 May 1926 | Station reopens |
| August 1928 | Station renamed Ashton Gate |
| 29 October 1962 | Station renamed Ashton Gate Halt |
| 7 September 1964 | Station closed |
| 29 September 1970 | Station reopens |
| by 1984 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Coordinates: 51°26′30″N 2°37′32″W / 51.441598°N 2.625482°W
Ashton Gate railway station was a railway station serving an area of Bristol, England, which included Ashton Gate football ground, the home ground of Bristol City F.C.. It was located on the Portishead Railway.
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[edit] History
Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station closed due to economies during the First World War. It then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1964, then briefly reopened for traffic to the football ground until 1977, and temporarily re-opened in May 1984 to serve Mission England, a series of evangelical rallies by Billy Graham at the football ground.[1]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Parson Street | Great Western Railway Portishead Railway |
Clifton Bridge Line open, Station closed |
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[edit] The site today
The line through the former station still exists but in spite of attempts at passenger re-opening [2] carries only freight for the Royal Portbury Dock.
[edit] References
- ^ "Ashton Gate - Bristol Railway Archive". bristol-rail.co.uk. http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Ashton_Gate. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ "report_200808_NSCPortisheadRailLineStudyFinalReport.pdf (application/pdf Object)" (PDF). www.n-somerset.gov.uk. http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4C5E709A-5D12-4B02-81E4-A8FCAFD06C81/0/report_200808_NSCPortisheadRailLineStudyFinalReport.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
[edit] External links
Media related to Ashton Gate railway station at Wikimedia Commons- Pictures of the station [1]
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