Yate railway station

Yate
150279 arrives at the Bristol side of the station.
Location
Place	Yate
Local authority	South Gloucestershire
Coordinates	51.5411°N 2.4319°W / 51.5411; -2.4319
Operations
Station code	YAE
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 *	112,755
2004/05 *	128,384
2005/06 *	167,820
2006/07 *	198,587
2007/08 *	216,658
2008/09 *	240,482
2009/10 *	247,536
History
Original company	Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
1844	Opened
1965	Closed
1989	Reopened
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 Yate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Yate railway station serves the town of Yate in South Gloucestershire, in south west England. The station is located on the main Bristol to Birmingham line between Bristol Parkway and Cam & Dursley, and is operated by First Great Western.

The station is staffed on weekday mornings. It has two platforms, separated by the A432 road bridge. An automated ticket machine was installed in mid-2007, but stopped functioning due to vandalism and is reported to be "unlikely to be replaced in the foreseeable future".

History

A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Yate

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)

The Yate station first opened on 8 July 1844 and closed on 4 January 1965. It was reopened on 11 May 1989. It is the start of the Thornbury Branchline, however the passenger stations on this branch have long since closed, and the line only remains to serve Tytherington Quarry.

In the Strategic Rail Authority’s 2007/08 financial year, Yate was ranked as the 1104th most-used station in the UK.

Services

The station is served Monday to Friday by a train every hour in both directions to/from Gloucester and Westbury (with 2-hourly extensions to/from Worcester & Great Malvern, and to/from Portsmouth & Weymouth). There have been arguments to create services to/from Bristol every half hour.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Friends of Yate Station site
• Yate Heritage Centre's page "Victorians and Yate's Railway"

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bristol Parkway		First Great Western Gloucester - Westbury		Cam and Dursley
	Disused railways
Mangotsfield Line and station closed		Bristol and Gloucester Railway Midland Railway		Wickwar Station closed
Junction		Thornbury Branch Line Midland Railway		Iron Acton Station closed