Redland railway station
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Redland railway station is a small station on the Severn Beach Line
on South Road in Redland, Bristol
, England
. It was opened 12 years after the line, in April 1897, following a petition by local residents. It lies between Montpelier railway station
and Clifton Down railway station
. It is a single-track station and so has only one platform. The station is managed and the service is operated by First Great Western
.
The station has only a perch bench and shelter provided by the now obsolete Victorian
station building, which is rented to a company not connected with the railways. The station is unstaffed and there is one ticket machine which was installed in February 2011 but is not yet in service. The station was opened on 12 April 1897 and originally had two platforms, with buildings on each platform and entrance via a ticket office on Redland Grove. The second line was removed and the buildings demolished in the early 1970s, though the entrance was still through the ticket office for a period of time after, before an entrance was added through the area containing the South Road residents' garages.
Between 25 and 28 February 2010, the recently installed Customer Help Point was stolen from the station.
, using mainly Pacer units. Monday to Friday, three trains every two hours run from to , with one extended to and , giving a service at Montpelier of one train in each direction every 40 minutes. On Saturdays there is a similar level of service, but more trains continue to Severn Beach. Sunday sees a roughly hourly service to and from Bristol, with only two services extending to Severn Beach, except from the May timetable change until September, when all services are extended.
, published details of the improvements they plan to undertake over the next three years, at Redland they are:
Severn Beach Line
The Severn Beach Line is a local railway in Bristol, UK. It runs from Narroways Hill Junction to Severn Beach, and is the successor to the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, which ran from a Bristol terminus in the Avon Gorge to a station and pier on the Severn Estuary.Passenger trains run from Bristol...
on South Road in Redland, Bristol
Redland, Bristol
Redland is an affluent suburb in Bristol, England. The suburb is situated between Clifton, Cotham, Bishopston and Westbury Park. The boundaries of the district are not precisely defined, but are generally taken to be Whiteladies Road in the west, the Severn Beach railway line in the south and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was opened 12 years after the line, in April 1897, following a petition by local residents. It lies between Montpelier railway station
Montpelier railway station
Montpelier railway station is located in Montpelier, Bristol, England. It is a single-platformed station, north-west of Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. The station is managed and the service is operated by First Great Western. It is next to Cromwell Road, Cromwell Road itself is...
and Clifton Down railway station
Clifton Down railway station
Clifton Down railway station is located on Whiteladies Road in Clifton, Bristol, England. The station is west of Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line...
. It is a single-track station and so has only one platform. The station is managed and the service is operated by First Great Western
First Great Western
First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales....
.
History
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
station building, which is rented to a company not connected with the railways. The station is unstaffed and there is one ticket machine which was installed in February 2011 but is not yet in service. The station was opened on 12 April 1897 and originally had two platforms, with buildings on each platform and entrance via a ticket office on Redland Grove. The second line was removed and the buildings demolished in the early 1970s, though the entrance was still through the ticket office for a period of time after, before an entrance was added through the area containing the South Road residents' garages.
Between 25 and 28 February 2010, the recently installed Customer Help Point was stolen from the station.
Services
Services at Redland are all operated by First Great WesternFirst Great Western
First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales....
, using mainly Pacer units. Monday to Friday, three trains every two hours run from to , with one extended to and , giving a service at Montpelier of one train in each direction every 40 minutes. On Saturdays there is a similar level of service, but more trains continue to Severn Beach. Sunday sees a roughly hourly service to and from Bristol, with only two services extending to Severn Beach, except from the May timetable change until September, when all services are extended.
Proposed improvements
In March 2007 First Great WesternFirst Great Western
First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd, a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that serves Greater London, the South East, South West and West Midlands regions of England, and South Wales....
, published details of the improvements they plan to undertake over the next three years, at Redland they are:
- CCTV
- Help and information points
- Public address system
- Repaint canopy
- Clean brickwork
- Clear disused platform
See also
- Rail services in BristolRail services in BristolThere are three train operating companies in Bristol: CrossCountry, First Great Western and South West Trains.-Services in Bristol:* Bristol - Manchester* Plymouth - Edinburgh* Bristol Parkway - Weston-super-Mare* Cardiff - Portsmouth...