Portway park and ride
Portway park and ride | |
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General information | |
Location | Shirehampton, Bristol England |
Coordinates | 51°29′27″N 2°41′21″W / 51.4908°N 2.6891°W |
Operated by | Bristol City Council |
Bus routes | 1 |
Bus stands | 1 |
Bus operators | First West of England |
Connections | No |
Construction | |
Parking | 830 spaces |
History | |
Opened | April 2002 |
The Portway park and ride site is on the A4 Portway at Shirehampton, to the north-west of Bristol, England, close to junction 18 of the M5 motorway.
History
The site opened in April 2002 with 300 car parking spaces as part of the Bristol park & ride network. There had been considerable opposition from local residents.[1] The site was expanded in 2008 to provide 830 car parking spaces to coincide with the opening of the Cabot Circus shopping mall in Broadmead.[2] Services were operated by First West of England until CT Plus took over in April 2012.[3] First West of England resumed operating the services in September 2016.[4]
Service
One regular service operates from the site, using buses with green livery. The site opens at 6:00 am with the first bus leaving at 6:15 am Monday to Saturday. On Sunday, the site opens at 9:00 am with the first bus leaving at 9:30 am. The last bus leaves Bristol city centre at 8:30 pm Monday to Saturday and 6:00 pm on Sunday. The site closes at 9:30 pm.[5][6]
The site also serves Ashton Gate Stadium during Bristol Rugby and Bristol City home fixtures. The AG1 services operates for both 3:00 pm and 7:45 pm fixtures of both clubs.[5]
Railway
The Severn Beach railway line runs adjacent to the site. It is planned that a new station, Portway Parkway, be built to serve the site.[7] The station was allocated £2.2 million in June 2017 from the Local Growth Fund, via the West of England local enterprise partnership,[8] and at that time completion was expected in 2019.[9] Spending of £1.5 million was later moved to the 2021–22 year.[10] The station is expected to open in summer 2022.[11]
See also
References
- ^ Staff (15 April 2002). "£2m park-and-ride opens". BBC News. London. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Staff (23 September 2008). "Bristol park-and-ride sites beefed up for Cabot Circus traffic". This Is Bristol. Bristol News and Media Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ CT Plus takes over Route 902, Bristol Park and Ride CT Plus 2 April 2012
- ^ New Enviro400 variant for First Buses issue 740 November 2016 page 12
- ^ a b Travelwest. "Portway Park & Ride". Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ FirstGroup. "FirstGroup Portway Park & Ride". Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Railway station could be built at Portway park and ride". Evening Post. Northcliffe Media. 13 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "Funding Boost for West of England Transport Projects". West of England Combined Authority. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Portway Park and Ride train station set to open in 2019 as work starts". Bristol Post. Local World. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Joint meeting - West of England Combined Authority Committee and West of England Joint Committee" (PDF). West of England Combined Authority. 4 December 2020. p. 73. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Work starts on new railway station for Bristol". Network Rail. 1 February 2022.
External links
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