railroad.wikisort.org - StationHotwells railway station, was a railway station situated in the suburb of Hotwells in Bristol, England. It was the original southern terminus of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier which ran to a station and pier at Avonmouth. The station opened in 1865, originally named Clifton station, and was situated in the Avon Gorge almost underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge, near the Clifton Rocks Railway,[1] the Hotwells terminus of Bristol Tramways, the Rownham ferry and landing stages used by passenger steamers.
Railway station in Bristol, England
Hotwells, originally Clifton |
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The site of the station |
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Location | Hotwells, City of Bristol England |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | Bristol Port Railway and Pier |
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Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
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Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
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6 March 1865 | Opened |
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19 September 1921 | Closed |
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Railways in the Bristol area |
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Cross Country Route |
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Thornbury branch line |
Yate |
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South Wales Main Line |
New Passage Pier |
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Westerleigh Junction |
New Passage Halt |
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Cross Hands Halt |
South Wales Main Line |
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Pilning |
Severn Beach |
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Coalpit Heath |
Severn View | Industrial Park | |
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Winterbourne |
Chittening | Industrial Estate | |
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Bristol Parkway |
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Patchway |
Smoke Lane | Industrial Estate | |
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Ram Hill Colliery |
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Chittening Platform |
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Hallen Halt |
Avonmouth Docks |
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Henbury |
St Andrews Road |
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Charlton Halt |
Avonmouth (BPR&P) |
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North Filton Platform |
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Stoke Gifford depot |
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Westerleigh Goods Depot |
Avonmouth Docks |
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Avonmouth |
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Filton Junction |
Avonmouth Light Railway |
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Filton |
Avonmouth Docks |
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Filton Abbey Wood |
Shirehampton |
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Horfield |
Sea Mills |
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Ashley Hill |
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Mangotsfield (1845–1869) |
Clifton Down |
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Mangotsfield (1869–1966) |
Redland |
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Staple Hill |
Montpelier |
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Fishponds |
Hotwells Halt |
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Warmley |
Hotwells |
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Narroways Hill Junction |
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Stapleton Road sidings |
Grey line represents |
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Stapleton Road |
boundary of Bristol |
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Oldland Common |
unitary authority area |
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Avon Valley Railway |
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Lawrence Hill |
Waste depot |
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Bitton |
Bristol St Philip's |
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Barton Hill Depot |
St Mary Redcliffe tunnel |
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Avon Riverside |
Bristol Temple Meads |
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Bristol Temple Meads |
Princes' Wharf |
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Kelston |
Bristol Harbour Railway |
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St Philip's Marsh T&RSMD |
SS Great Britain |
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East Depot |
Bristol Docks (North) |
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Bedminster |
Bristol Docks (South) |
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Parson Street |
CREATE Centre |
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Mangotsfield branch line |
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South Liberty Lane Depot |
Ashton Gate |
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St Anne's Park |
Clifton Bridge |
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Brislington |
Nightingale Valley Halt |
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Long Ashton |
Ham Green Halt |
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Bristol–Exeter line |
Pill |
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Whitchurch Halt |
Portbury shipyard |
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Keynsham |
Royal Portbury Dock |
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Bristol & North Somerset Rly |
Portbury Shipyard |
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Saltford |
Portbury |
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Great Western Main Line |
(1954–1964) Portishead |
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Weston, Clevedon and | Portishead Light Railway | |
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(1879–1954) Portishead |
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Portishead Pier |
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Hotwells station, Bristol
In 1871 the railway company was acquired by the Great Western Railway who created a tunnel under Clifton Down and linked the Port and Pier line to Bristol Temple Meads railway station. This left the Hotwells branch as a stub. The station remained open, renamed as Hotwells until 1921[2] when it and the track to Sneyd Park were removed to enable the building of the Portway road.[3]
The only trace remaining today is a short tunnel under Bridge Valley Road which was used during the Second World War as an air raid shelter. Overcrowding became such a problem that Bristol City Council had to institute a permit system.[4] In later years, until 1996 part of the tunnel was used by a local gun club as a short range.[4]
Preceding station |
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Disused railways |
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Following station |
Hotwells Halt Line closed, Station closed |
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Great Western Railway Bristol Port Railway and Pier |
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Terminus |
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