Patchway railway station

Patchway
View north from the southern end of the station
Location
Place	Patchway
Local authority	South Gloucestershire
Coordinates	51.5258°N 2.5623°W / 51.5258; -2.5623
Operations
Station code	PWY
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 *	16,898
2004/05 *	22,202
2005/06 *	33,957
2006/07 *	42,463
2007/08 *	44,929
2008/09 *	45,280
History
Original company	Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
1863	Opened "Patchway"
1885	Resited and renamed "Patchway and Stoke Gifford"
1908	Renamed "Patchway"
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Patchway from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Patchway railway station is a minor railway station located at street level of Station Road in Little Stoke village near the town of Patchway, South Gloucestershire, England. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line branch of the Great Western Main Line, served by local trains operated by First Great Western.

First Great Western high speed services use this station to stop when the line to Bristol Parkway is closed for engineering work.

History

The station was opened by the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway on 8 September 1863. On 10 August 1883 it was moved 440 yards (400 m) southwards and renamed as "Patchway and Stoke Gifford" but reverted to its original name of "Patchway" on 27 October 1908.

Services

The station is currently (May 2010) served hourly in each direction on weekdays. Westbound trains run to Newport & Cardiff Central and southbound to Bristol Temple Meads, Weston-super-Mare and Taunton. There are limited services between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour that also call here during early morning and late evening. CrossCountry trains also operate one service per day in each direction to/from Cardiff, then onwards to Temple Meads, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly.

There is a limited Sunday service (approximately every three hours each way) provided by the Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour trains.

Mosaic panel at the station names the major destinations

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pilning		First Great Western Cardiff Central - Taunton (Saturdays only, limited service)		Filton Abbey Wood
Severn Tunnel Junction		First Great Western Cardiff Central - Taunton
Severn Tunnel Junction		CrossCountry Cardiff Central - Manchester Piccadilly (Mondays to Saturdays only, limited service)		Filton Abbey Wood

Station layout

Platform 1 - Trains to Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads and onwards towards Taunton.

Platform 2 - Trains to Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport and Cardiff Central.

See also

• Rail services in Bristol