The Portway park and ride site is on the A4 Portway at Shirehampton, to the north-west of Bristol, England, close to junction 18 of the M5 motorway.
Portway park and ride | |
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General information | |
Location | Shirehampton, Bristol England |
Coordinates | 51.4908°N 2.6891°W / 51.4908; -2.6891 |
Operated by | Bristol City Council |
Bus routes | 1 |
Bus stands | 1 |
Bus operators | First West of England |
Connections | No |
Construction | |
Parking | 830 spaces |
History | |
Opened | April 2002 |
The site opened in April 2002 with 300 car parking spaces as part of the Bristol park & ride network. There had been considerable opposition from local residents.[1] The site was expanded in 2008 to provide 830 car parking spaces to coincide with the opening of the Cabot Circus shopping mall in Broadmead.[2] Services were operated by First West of England until CT Plus took over in April 2012.[3] First West of England resumed operating the services in September 2016.[4]
One regular service operates from the site, using buses with green livery. The site opens at 6:00 am with the first bus leaving at 6:15 am Monday to Saturday. On Sunday, the site opens at 9:00 am with the first bus leaving at 9:30 am. The last bus leaves Bristol city centre at 8:30 pm Monday to Saturday and 6:00 pm on Sunday. The site closes at 9:30 pm.[5][6]
The site also serves Ashton Gate Stadium during Bristol Rugby and Bristol City home fixtures. The AG1 services operates for both 3:00 pm and 7:45 pm fixtures of both clubs.[5]
The Severn Beach railway line runs adjacent to the site. It is planned that a new station, Portway Parkway, be built to serve the site.[7] The station was allocated £2.2 million in June 2017 from the Local Growth Fund, via the West of England local enterprise partnership,[8] and at that time completion was expected in 2019.[9] Spending of £1.5 million was later moved to the 2021–22 year.[10] The station is expected to open in summer 2022.[11]
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