New Bristol railway station set to take first passengers
Bristol’s first new railway station in almost a century is preparing to open to paying passengers.
The new £5.8 million Portway Park & Ride station, between Shirehampton and Avonmouth, will open on August 1 and connect the existing park and ride site with the Severn Beach railway line.
It is a single-platform station that will offer passengers half-hourly services between Bristol Temple Meads and Avonmouth, and an hourly service to Severn Beach.
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It will be the first station to open as part of the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority’s multi-million-pound MetroWest programme which is enhancing the local rail network.
This includes the opening of seven brand-new railway stations, re-opening train lines and enhancing cross-Bristol services.
From August 1 the new station will complement the existing park and ride bus service and will be a useful extra transport option for the local community, as well as providing park and ride users from further afield a rail option to destinations along the Severn Beach line or for onward travel on the wider rail network from Bristol Temple Meads.
Marvin Rees, Mayor of Bristol, said: “I am delighted that Portway Park & Ride station will launch next week. As the first new railway station to open in Bristol in 96 years, it is an historic moment for our city. When it opens, our Park & Ride site will offer the community and commuters hundreds of free parking spaces and the choice to catch regular trains or park and ride buses into the centre of Bristol, helping to ease congestion and air pollution.”
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