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Bristol Temple Meads railway station

Bristol Temple Meads railway station is a main line train station in Bristol, England.

The station has main trains to Paddington,[1] Cardiff Central[2] and the South Coast of England.[3] There are also trains towards Taunton.[4]

South Western Railway have services to London Waterloo.[5] There are trains to Plymouth and Penzance,[6] and to Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland.[7] it has thirteen platforms

Future

In November 2012, Network Rail announced a £100 million redevelopment of the station, with two unused platforms to be opened up.

Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station Media

  • Engraving of interior of Brunel's train-shed from c1843, by John Cooke Bourne

  • Brunel's original station as it appears today

  • The Bristol and Exeter Railway headquarters

  • A 1911 Railway Clearing House junction diagram showing railways around Bristol

  • The main entrance to the station built in the 1870s between the terminal and through platforms. The tower was topped by a spire until World War II.

  • Bristol Temple Meads Station, original terminus with steam train and Diesel railcar, near to Bristol, Great Britain.*View westward, towards the uffer-stops in the original Brunel terminus at Temple Meads. On the left at Platform 13 is LMS Compound 4P 4-4-0 No. 41062 on the 10.52 stopping train for Gloucester; on the right at Platform 15 is a Diesel railcar set on the service to Severn Beach.

  • A Paignton to Leeds express stands at Platform 7 (now Platform 5) in 1960.

  • A view looking northwards from Bath Road. The 1870s arched train shed is surrounded by the flatter canopies of the newer platforms opened in 1935.

  • This sign should read "Platforms 1 to 12" but refers to the earlier numbering system when these platforms were numbers 1 and 2. They are now 15 (left) and 13 (right).

  • Bristol Panel Signal Box, built on the old Platform 14

References

  1. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 125 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012
  2. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 132 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012
  3. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 123 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012
  4. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 134 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012
  5. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 160 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012
  6. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 135 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail.[dead link] Retrieved 5 July 2012
  7. ↑ "National Rail Timetable 51 (Summer 2008)" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012


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