Filton Abbey Wood railway station

Filton Abbey Wood
View south from the footbridge.
Location
Place	Filton
Local authority	South Gloucestershire
Coordinates	51.5049°N 2.5624°W / 51.5049; -2.5624
Operations
Station code	FIT
Managed by	First Great Western
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.395 million
2004/05 *	0.378 million
2005/06 *	401,325
2006/07 *	410,630
2007/08 *	457,661
2008/09 *	536,958
2009/10 *	598,032
History
Original company	Railtrack
1863	Opened as "Filton"
1886	Resited
1910	Renamed "Filton Junction"
1968	Renamed "Filton"
1996	Rebuilt and renamed "Filton Abbey Wood"
2004	New Platform Added
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Filton Abbey Wood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

First Great Western Class 143 "Pacer" unit 143618 departs Filton Abbey Wood on the northbound line towards Bristol Parkway.

Bristol Area Railway Map

Legend Cross Country Route Thornbury Branch Line Yate South Wales Main Line New Passage Pier Westerleigh Junction New Passage Halt Cross Hands Halt South Wales Main Line Pilning Severn Beach Coalpit Heath Crooks Marsh Winterbourne Bristol Parkway Grey line represents Patchway boundary of Bristol Ram Hill Colliery Avonmouth Docks Chittening Platform St Andrews Road Henbury Avonmouth (Royal Edward) Hallen Halt Avonmouth (BPRP) Charlton Halt North Filton Platform Avonmouth Docks Westerleigh Goods Depot Avonmouth Filton Junction Avonmouth Light Railway Filton Avonmouth Docks Filton Abbey Wood Shirehampton Horfield Sea Mills Ashley Hill Clifton Down Tunnel Mangotsfield (1845-1869) Clifton Down Mangotsfield (1869-1966) Redland Staple Hill Montpelier Fishponds Hotwells Halt Hotwells Stapleton Road Warmley Lawrence Hill Waste depot Oldland Common Bristol St Philips Temple Meads goods depot St Mary Redcliffe tunnel Bristol Temple Meads Bristol Temple Meads Bristol Harbour Railway St Philips Marsh T&RSMD Bedminster Parson Street Bristol Docks (North) Bristol Docks (South) West Depot East Depot Bitton Ashton Gate St Anne's Park Clifton Bridge Brislington Nightingale Valley Halt Long Ashton Ham Green Halt Avon Riverside Pill Keynsham Portbury Shipyard Whitchurch Halt Royal Portbury Dock Kelston Saltford Portbury Portishead (1954-1964) Mangotsfield Branch Line WC&PLR Great Western Main Line Portishead (1879-1954) Bristol & N. Somerset Rly. Portishead Pier Bristol to Exeter Line

Bristol and Gloucester Railway

Legend MR (Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Birmingham) SWR (Gloucester to Newport Line to Newport) Gloucester (Interchange) M5 motorway Haresfield (1854-1965) GWR (Golden Valley Line to Swindon) Stonehouse (Bristol Road) (Interchange. Closed 1965) MR (Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway to Nailsworth/Stroud) Frocester (Closed 1961) Cam and Dursley (Opened 1994) Coaley Junction (Interchange. 1856-1965) MR (Dursley and Midland Junction Railway to Dursley) M5 motorway Berkeley Road (Closed 1965) MR (Sharpness Branch Line to Sharpness) M5 motorway Charfield (Closed 1965) Wickwar (Closed 1965) Wickwar tunnel MR (Yate to Thornbury Branch Line to Thornbury) Yate (Interchange. Closed 1965, reopened 1989) Coalpit Heath Sidings GWR (South Wales Main Line to London) Ram Hill Colliery Westerleigh Goods Depot M4 motorway MR (Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line to Bath) Mangotsfield (Interchange. 1845-1966) Staple Hill (1888-1966) Staple Hill Tunnel Bristol Parkway GWR (South Wales Main Line to Swansea) Goods line (To Avonmouth docks) Filton Abbey Wood GWR (Severn Beach Line to Severn Beach via Avonmouth) Fishponds (1866-1966) Avonside Locomotive Works River Frome M32 motorway Stapleton Road Lawrence Hill Waste Depot Goods Depots Bristol St Philips (Terminus. 1870-1953) Bristol Harbour River Avon (To Bath) GWR Temple Meads Goods Depot Bristol Temple Meads (Interchange) Bridge over Victoria Street Tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe churchyard Great Western Main Line to London Bristol Harbour Railway St Philips Marsh (TMD) River Avon (To the sea) GWR (Bristol and North Somerset Railway) GWR (Bristol and Exeter Railway to Taunton and Exeter)

Filton Abbey Wood railway station, (near Bristol, England) was opened on 11 March 1996, replacing the original Filton station which stands to the north of the current site.

In the Strategic Rail Authority’s 2005/06 financial year, Filton Abbey Wood was ranked as the 647th most-used station in Great Britain, making it one of the busiest unstaffed stations in the country.

History

There have been three Filton stations on a short stretch of line in this area. The first, on the Bristol to New Passage Pier line opened on 8 September 1863, was just north of the present station; it was resited on 4 October 1886. Services were then diverted to a station further north (on the northern side of the present day A4174 ring road) which was renamed Filton Junction on 1 May 1910. This was renamed as just Filton on 6 May 1968 but it in turn closed when services moved to the present station, about a quarter of a mile south of the actual junction, on 11 March 1996.

The new station was built by the Ministry of Defence^{[citation needed]} to serve its nearby office complex, MoD Abbey Wood. It has a passenger information system, and a temporary building that serves as a limited-hours ticket office, which has only been used sporadically in recent years when First undertake random "spot checks" to ensure all travellers have tickets. A self-service ticket machine is situated adjacent to the ticket office, on platform 1.

In 2004 a third platform was added to provide additional line capacity by having the South Wales and Bristol Parkway routes diverge before the station.

Services

The station receives regular calls by trains on the Bristol to Cardiff route, many of which continue beyond Bristol to destinations such as Taunton, Weymouth and Portsmouth Harbour. There is also a regular service to Bristol Parkway, Gloucester and Worcester. One CrossCountry service per day calls in each direction between Cardiff Central and Manchester Piccadilly.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bristol Temple Meads or Stapleton Road		First Great Western Great Malvern/Gloucester - Westbury/Weymouth		Bristol Parkway
		First Great Western Bristol Parkway - Weston-Super-Mare
Bristol Temple Meads		First Great Western Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour / Brighton		Newport or Severn Tunnel Junction
		First Great Western Cardiff Central - Taunton		Patchway
Patchway		CrossCountry Cardiff Central - Manchester Piccadilly (Mondays to Saturdays only, limited service)		Bristol Temple Meads

Station layout

Platform 1 - Southbound services to Bristol Temple Meads.

Platform 2 - Northbound services to Bristol Parkway, and onwards to the Midlands.

Platform 3 - Westbound services to Cardiff Central via Severn Tunnel.

See also

• Rail services in Bristol