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Bristol Parkway
Location
Place	Bristol (Stoke Gifford)
Local authority	South Gloucestershire
Grid reference	ST623796
Operations
Station code	BPW
Managed by	First Great Western
Platforms in use	3 (numbered 2-4)
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.456 million
2005/06 *	1.633 million
History
1 May 1972	Opened
1 July 2001	Renovated
May 2007	Platform 4 opened
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bristol Parkway from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Bristol Parkway railway station is a railway station on the northern edge of Bristol (England), at Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail, and is run by First Great Western.

In the Strategic Rail Authority’s 2005/06 financial year, Bristol Parkway was ranked as the 186th most-used station in the UK.

Contents 1 History 2 Future 3 Services 4 Station layout 5 Transport links 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

Parkway was built in the 1970s to give Bristol a station on the railway running from London to South Wales, which passes just north of the city. There were several reasons for positioning a new station at Stoke Gifford: the rail route was attractive to travellers because trains to London were quicker than on the longer route from Temple Meads, which runs via Bath and Chippenham before reaching Swindon, a larger car park could be provided than at Temple Meads and the population on the northern fringes of the city was growing, especially with the building of a new town Bradley Stoke. Also it was within easy access of both the M4 and M5 motorways from the Almondsbury interchange and adjacent junctions. The name "Parkway" has since been applied to other out-of-town stations.

The station opened on 1 May 1972 with temporary buildings. When a permanent station was built, it was architecturally unimpressive: a single low building on the north side of the tracks at the far west end, with footbridge access over the "goods loop" tracks to the two long platforms. On 1 July 2001 a new building and footbridge opened, still on the north side but near the middle of the platforms, with lifts for disabled access to the platforms and a larger refreshment and waiting area on an upper level. The redevelopment cost Network Rail over £4 million.

In January 2007 construction started on the 3rd platform at Bristol Parkway, which opened as platform 4 in May 2007 ^[1].

There are plans to build a new heated waiting room, a help desk and electronic travel information screens on platforms 3 and 4. The car park size is set to be increased by 300 or 400 spaces, which should bring the car parking space up to 1500 spaces.

It has also been confirmed that a fourth platform will be built at the station to help cut congestion ^[2]. When the fourth platform is due to open in 2008/09 it will help ease to congestion for trains heading south and to Wales; it has been confirmed that it will be numbered platform 1 ^[3].

From December 2007 the current First Great Western Service terminating at Filton Abbey Wood will terminate at Parkway using platform 4; also The service from Great Malvern to Taunton will change so the service will now continue to Westbury insted of Taunton.

The station has also been identified as a possible northern terminus for a light rail system in the Bristol area.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bristol Temple Meads		CrossCountry Cross-Country Route		Cheltenham Spa
		CrossCountry Cross-Country Route		Gloucester (Limited servcie)
Swindon		First Great Western London - Cardiff/Swansea		Newport
		Ends 9th December 2007
Filton Abbey Wood		First Great Western Taunton - Cheltenham		Yate
Bristol Temple Meads		Virgin Trains CrossCountry Services to Glasgow. From December becomes part of CrossCountry		Cheltenham Spa
		From 10th December 2007
Filton Abbey Wood		First Great Western Great Malvern/Gloucester - Westbury		Yate
		First Great Western Weston-Super-Mare - Bristol Parkway		Terminus

The station building encompasses a waiting area with a ticket office, toilets and a cafe. There is a seated waiting area on the upper level with its own cafe and small shop. It also features Wi-Fi internet access.

The station has three platforms, either side of the railway track. Platforms 3 and 4 are located on the same side as the station building itself, with Platform 2 on the far side, which is reached via an enclosed bridge which spans the track.

Platform 2 - Trains heading south and west, including trains to Bristol Temple Meads, South Wales, Devon and Cornwall.

Platform 3 - Trains heading north and east, including trains to London Paddington, The Midlands and the North of England.

Platform 4 - From December 2007 it will be used for First Great Western services to Weston-Super-Mare.

On the 6 August 2007, platform 1 was renumbered to platform 3 to allow for a new platform to be constructed as an island with platform 2. All of the platforms have their own heated indoor waiting area and various vending machines.

Bristol Parkway is served by many bus routes, which link it with the rest of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. The station is located near the Avon Ring Road (A4174) to give links to Bristol and the M32.

• First Great Western
• List of all UK railway stations
• Rail services in Bristol

• Train times and station information for Bristol Parkway railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Bristol Parkway railway station from Multimap.com

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Taunton to Bristol and Cheltenham	Taunton • Bridgwater • Highbridge and Burnham • Weston-super-Mare • Weston Milton • Worle • Yatton • Nailsea and Backwell • Parson Street • Bedminster • Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Filton Abbey Wood • Bristol Parkway • Yate • Cam and Dursley • Gloucester • Cheltenham Spa
Wessex Lines and Bristol to Cardiff	Trowbridge • Bradford-on-Avon • Avoncliff • Freshford • Bath Spa • Oldfield Park • Keynsham • Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Filton Abbey Wood • Bristol Parkway • Patchway • Pilning • Severn Tunnel Junction • Newport • Cardiff Central

Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 2°32′34″W / 51.51361, -2.54278