Keynsham railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Keynsham |
| Local authority | Bath |
| Coordinates | 51°25′05″N 2°29′43″W / 51.4180°N 2.4954°WCoordinates: 51°25′05″N 2°29′43″W / 51.4180°N 2.4954°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KYN |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 0.139 million |
| 2004/05 * |  0.169 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.188 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.210 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.231 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.257 million |
| 2009/10 * |  0.250 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| 1840 | Opened |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Keynsham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Keynsham railway station serves the town of Keynsham in Bath and North East Somerset. It is located on the London-Bristol and Bristol-Southampton trunk routes and was opened on the 31st of August 1840 with the completion of the Great Western Railway line between Bristol and Bath. It was re-named Keynsham and Somerdale on the 1 February 1925 with the opening of the Fry's chocolate factory at Somerdale. The station was rebuilt in 1931 to accommodate longer trains bringing in workers who had transferred from a factory in Bristol belonging to the company.
The station's name reverted to Keynsham on the 6th May 1974. By this time many workers had relocated to Keynsham, or commuted by car. The factory had its own rail system which was connected to the mainline. The connection to Fry's chocolate factory was taken out of use on the 26–27 July 1980. [1].
The station was rebuilt in 1985 as a joint project between British Rail and Avon County Council. The rebuilding provided a new brick built shelter on platform 1, a new footbridge and the enlargement of the car park. Further construction work has begun in mid-2009.
Passenger services are operated by First Great Western and South West Trains.
[edit] Services
Keynsham Station has at least an hourly service in each direction from 07 40 to around 22 00, Monday to Saturday, with roughly a 2 hourly service on Sunday. It has a wide range of destinations which include, Brighton, Southampton, London Waterloo, Weymouth, Cardiff Central, and of course Bristol Temple Meads. The majority of its services are a combination of 2 hourly Weymouth trains and 2 hourly Southampton trains eastbound and an hourly service to Bristol and Gloucester in the other direction.
Additional calls are made at Keynsham on the following South West Trains services: 0920 (Mon-Sat) London Waterloo to Bristol Temple Meads at 1155, 1220 (Mon-Sat) London Waterloo to Bristol Temple Meads at 1455, 1215 (Sun) London Waterloo to Bristol Temple Meads at 1457 and the 1551 (Mon-Sat) Bristol Temple Meads to London Waterloo at 1558
It is common to see a range of different train classes. These include: Class 150, Class 153, Class 158 and also one HST that stops at 08:08 on weekdays.
[edit] Gallery
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Station platforms, footbridge, road bridge, and old shelters
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Bristol Temple Meads | First Great Western Great Malvern/Gloucester - Westbury/South Coast |
Oldfield Park | ||
| Bristol Temple Meads | South West Trains Bristol - London Waterloo |
Bath Spa | ||
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