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St Andrews Road
General information
Location	Avonmouth, Bristol England
Coordinates	51°30′48″N 2°41′46″W / 51.5132°N 2.6962°W / 51.5132; -2.6962
Grid reference	ST517795
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	SAR
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1 March 1917	Opened for workmen only
13 November 1922	closed
30 June 1924	reopened as a public station
Passengers
2019/20	5,728
2020/21	4,910
2021/22	7,164
2022/23	17,322
2023/24	34,554
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railways in the Bristol area
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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 via Severn Tunnel Pilning Severn Beach Coalpit Heath Severn View Industrial Park Winterbourne Chittening Industrial Estate Bristol Parkway Patchway Smoke Lane Industrial Estate Ram Hill Colliery Chittening Platform Hallen Halt Avonmouth Docks Henbury St Andrews Road Charlton Halt Avonmouth (BPR&P) North Filton Platform Avonmouth (Royal Edward) Stoke Gifford depot Avonmouth Docks Westerleigh Goods Depot Avonmouth Avonmouth Light Railway Filton Junction Avonmouth Docks Filton Portway Park & Ride Filton Abbey Wood Shirehampton Horfield Ashley Down Sea Mills Ashley Hill Clifton Down Tunnel Mangotsfield (1845–1869) Clifton Down Mangotsfield (1869–1966) Redland Staple Hill Montpelier Fishponds Hotwells Halt Warmley Hotwells Narroways Hill Junction Stapleton Road sidings Grey line represents Stapleton Road boundary of Bristol Oldland Common unitary authority area Avon Valley Railway Lawrence Hill Waste depot Bitton Bristol St Philip's Barton Hill Depot St Mary Redcliffe tunnel Avon Riverside Bristol Temple Meads Bristol Temple Meads Princes' Wharf Kelston Bristol Harbour Railway St Philip's Marsh T&RSMD SS Great Britain East Depot Bristol Docks (North) Bedminster Bristol Docks (South) Parson Street CREATE Centre Mangotsfield to Bath line South Liberty Lane Depot Ashton Gate St Anne's Park Clifton Bridge Brislington Nightingale Valley Halt Long Ashton Ham Green Halt Bristol–Exeter line Pill Whitchurch Halt Portbury shipyard Keynsham Royal Portbury Dock Bristol & North Somerset Rly Portbury Shipyard Saltford Portbury Great Western Main Line (1954–1964) Portishead Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway (1879–1954) Portishead Portishead Pier

St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrew's Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, Bristol, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.

This station is 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. All trains serving it are operated by and the station is managed by Great Western Railway. DB Cargo UK also operate coal trains to the Aberthaw power stations in Wales on an 'as required' basis and formerly to the now closed Didcot A Power Station from the adjacent bulk freight terminal.

For many years, it has been the least used railway station in Bristol.

History

The station was opened in March 1917 for workmen, but closed on 13 November 1922. It reopened on 30 June 1924 as a public station.

For many years the station had an infrequent service in each direction, but this was increased to hourly in the December 2021 timetable change.

Service

All services at St Andrews Road are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 166 Turbo DMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to Bristol Temple Meads
• 1 tph to Severn Beach

The station is also served by one early morning service on weekdays that extends beyond Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare, one evening weekday service to Salisbury and one Sunday afternoon service that continues to Exeter St Davids.

Services heading towards Severn Beach generally originate at Weston-super-Mare. However, all services from Severn Beach terminate at Bristol Temple Meads, and therefore there is only a very limited service reaching there, but there is more regular service from there to St Andrews Road.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Severn Beach		Great Western RailwaySevern Beach Line		Avonmouth
	Disused railways
Avonmouth		Great Western Railway Henbury Loop Line		Chittening Platform Line open, station closed

References in popular culture

St Andrew's Road station was featured in the Channel 4 series Paul Merton's Secret Stations Season 1 Episode 2 broadcast on 8 May 2016. This series features British comedian Paul Merton visiting various request stop railway stations around Britain.

See also

• Great Western Railway
• List of all UK railway stations
• Public transport in Bristol

References

1. "Estimates of station usage".
2. History of the Severn Beach Line Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. Private and Untimetabled Railway stations by G.Croughton page 121
4. "Massive increase in Bristol train seats begins today" (Press release). FirstGroup. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
5. "Modern trains and new technology for Bristol rail passengers". Global Railway Review. Russell Publishing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
6. "Train times: Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare to Avonmouth and Severn Beach" (PDF). Great Western Railway. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

External links

• Train times and station information for St Andrews Road railway station from National Rail
• A video of coal being loaded at St Andrew's Road
• 2019 YouTube video by Geoff Marshall about the station

• Railway stations in Bristol
• DfT Category F2 stations
• Former Great Western Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1917
• Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1922
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1924
• Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
• Avonmouth
• Severn Beach Line