Parson Street railway station

Parson Street
Location
Place	Bedminster
Local authority	Bristol
Coordinates	51.43320°N 2.60860°W / 51.43320; -2.60860
Operations
Station code	PSN
Managed by	First Great Western
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	3,932
2004/05 *	7,231
2005/06 *	14,293
2006/07 *	19,172
2007/08 *	32,511
2008/09 *	46,670
2009/10 *	57,374
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
1927	Station opened
1933	Rebuilt with four tracks
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 Parson Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

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

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.

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.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bedminster		Great Western Railway Bristol to Taunton Line		Nailsea and Backwell
		Great Western Railway Portishead Railway		Ashton Gate

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, and has since reopened to container traffic. 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.

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. There is a two-hourly service each way on Sundays.

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
Bedminster		First Great Western Bristol to Taunton Line		Nailsea and Backwell

See also

• Public transport in Bristol