St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrews Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth

Avonmouth

Avonmouth is a port and suburb of Bristol, England, located on the Severn Estuary, at the mouth of the River Avon.The council ward of Avonmouth also includes Shirehampton and the western end of Lawrence Weston.- Geography :...

. This station and all trains serving it are 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....

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This station is 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Bristol Temple Meads

Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads railway station is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England. It is an important transport hub for public transport in Bristol, with bus services to various parts of the city and surrounding districts, and a ferry service to the city centre in addition to the...

 on the Severn Beach Line

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...

. All trains serving it are operated and the station is managed 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....

. EWS

DB Schenker Rail (UK)

DB Schenker Rail , before 2009 known as English, Welsh and Scottish Railway is a British rail freight company. EWS was established by a consortium led by Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation in 1996 by acquisition of five of the six freight companies created by the privatisation of British...

 (energy division) also operate coal trains to Didcot from the adjacent lines.

Service

The station is a request stop. Currently, an improved service is offered on the line. Trains start earlier in the morning and finish later in the evening, with three trains in every 2-hour cycle during the daytime.

This has had the unfortunate side-effect of services from St Andrews Road being reduced overall, with only one train each way every two hours Mondays to Fridays, as opposed to the bus service which ran every hour connecting with every train. The bus continues to run on Saturdays and alternates with the train to provide an hourly service overall. There will be an hourly Sunday service from St. Andrews Road station on Sundays, from May - September 2010, with two services retained through the Winter.

Proposed changes

In March 2007 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....

, published details of the improvements they plan to undertake over the next three years, at St Andrews Road they are;

• CCTV
• Help and information points
• Public address system
• Signage to bus stop

See also

• 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....
  
  
• List of all UK railway stations
  UK railway stations
  List of railway stations in the United Kingdom, split alphabetically.*UK railway stations – A*UK railway stations – B*UK railway stations – C*UK railway stations – D*UK railway stations – E*UK railway stations – F*UK railway stations – G...
  
  
• Public transport in Bristol
  Public transport in Bristol
  The majority of public transport users in the Bristol Urban Area are transported by bus, although rail has experienced growth and does play an important part, particularly in peak hours...
  
  

External links

• A video of coal being loaded at St Andrews Road