Avonmouth Railway Station

Avonmouth railway station serves the suburb of Avonmouth in Bristol. This is the main terminus of the line; however, a few trains a day continue to St Andrews Road and Severn Beach.

This station is 14 km (9 miles) west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. All trains serving it are operated and the station is managed by First Great Western.

In Avonmouth 4 stations in the past have served the suburb. They were Avonmouth, Avonmouth Dock, Avonmouth Docks and Royal Edward. This station was the 2nd one to be built. Now only the Avonmouth Dock station (the former name of this station) and St Andrews Road remains

Services

Monday to Saturday there is a roughly hourly service towards Bristol Temple Meads. During the morning and afternoon peaks as well as weekday evenings and all day on Saturdays, train services operate to Severn Beach. At all other times a bus connection to Severn Beach departs from the front of the station.

Proposed Changes

In March 2007 First Great Western, published details of the improvements they plan to undertake over the next three years, at Avonmouth they are;

• CCTV
• Help and information points
• Public address system
• Mural on platform wall
• Tenant for island platform building

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