Bitton railway station
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Bitton railway station is the main station of the Avon Valley Railway
Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway is a three-mile-long heritage railway based at Bitton station in South Gloucestershire, England, not far from Bristol and is run by a local group: The Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd. The railway follows the Avon Valley south-east from Oldland Common, through Bitton and...

. It is located near the village of Bitton
Bitton
Bitton is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, in the Greater Bristol area on the River Boyd.It is in the far south of the South Gloucestershire district, near the border with Bath and North East Somerset...


Facilities

Bitton station contains a booking office, gift shop and buffet - as well as a large outdoor seating area. These facilities are available to cyclists as well as railway visitors.

On 3 September 2007, work began on the construction of a new buffet and toilet block.

Services

Regular services to Oldland Common
Oldland Common railway station
Oldland Common is a railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. The station is near to the site of a previous station which was on the-then LMS Bath branch from Mangotsfield.-Earlier station:...

 and Avon Riverside
Avon Riverside railway station
Avon Riverside is the newest station of the Avon Valley Railway. It opened on May 1, 2004.Unlike the other two stations on the railway, there was no original mainline station here. The first station was built in 2004 by the AVR....

 stations run from April to October, mainly on weekends and school holidays.

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