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Shirehampton  | |||||
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 Station shelter and platform in 2019 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Shirehampton, Bristol England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°29′04″N 2°40′45″W / 51.4844°N 2.6792°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST529763 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SHH | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Bristol Port Railway and Pier | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 6 March 1865 | Opened | ||||
| 1903 | Track doubled and station remodelled | ||||
| 29 November 1965 | Closed to goods traffic | ||||
| October 1970 | Track singled | ||||
| 1990s | Buildings destroyed by fire | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  47,234 | ||||
| 2019/20 |  55,518 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 17,454 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 42,264 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 67,124 | ||||
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Shirehampton railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Shirehampton in Bristol, England. It is 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is SHH. The station has a single platform which serves trains in both directions. As of 2015[update] it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the third franchise to be responsible for the station since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, mainly a train every 30 minutes in each direction.
The station was opened in 1865 as the headquarters of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, a railway which ran along the River Avon from Hotwells to a pier at Avonmouth, and was linked to the national network in 1877. The station had a single platform to begin with, but was rebuilt with a second in 1903, as well as a signal box and a goods yard. By the 1930s the station had ten staff.
The Severn Beach Line declined over the latter half of the twentieth century, with passenger numbers falling significantly. Goods services at Shirehampton ended in 1965, and all staff were withdrawn in 1967. The second platform and signal box were taken out of use in 1970, with the station buildings sold off and later destroyed by fire. Services had decreased to ten per day each direction by 2005, but have since increased to a train every 30 minutes in each direction.
Description
The station is located in the Shirehampton district of Bristol, a primarily residential area on the north bank of the River Avon near the Severn Estuary. The A4 Bristol Portway is just to the north of the station, with a commercial vehicle hire depot in between. The railway crosses Station Road directly to the west of the station, and is bridged by Hung Road slightly to the east.[1] The station is on the Severn Beach Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach, 7 miles 50 chains (12.3 km) from Temple Meads and 5 miles 73 chains (9.5 km) from Severn Beach.[2][3][note 1] It is the seventh station from Temple Meads. The next station towards Temple Meads is Sea Mills. The next station towards Severn Beach is Portway Park and Ride, which opened in August 2023.[4]
The station is on an east–west alignment, curving towards the north.[1] There is a single 140-yard (130 m)-long platform which serves trains in both directions, situated on the north side of the track.[5] The station's southern platform was abandoned in 1970 and is overgrown.[6] The station is only accessible via a footpath from the car park on Station Road, which is just off the A4 Portway.[1]
Timetable information is provided at the station; help points show next train information and allow users to contact railway staff. There is no ticket office or other means for buying or collecting tickets.[7] There is a car park with 10 spaces on Station Road, as well as stands for four bicycles.[7] The nearest bus stops are on the A4 Portway.[8]
The line through Shirehampton has a speed limit of 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) for locomotive-hauled trains and 35 miles per hour (56 km/h) for diesel multiple units. The line, which is not electrified, handles less than 5 million train tonnes per year, has a loading gauge of W6 and a route availability of 7.[5][9] In the 2012/13 financial year[update], approximately 50,000 passengers used Shirehampton station, making it the 1,915th busiest station in the country and the eleventh busiest within the Bristol unitary authority area, busier only than St Andrews Road. This was an increase of 34% from the 2002–03 financial year, and reflected a general rise in usage of the Severn Beach Line.[10][11][note 2]
Services
All services at Shirehampton are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 166 Turbo DMUs.[12][13][14]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[15]
- 2 tph to Bristol Temple Meads of which 1 continues to Weston-super-Mare
- 2 tph to Avonmouth of which 1 continues to Severn Beach
On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach with one train per day to and from Weston-super-Mare.
Services previously ran every 40 minutes in each direction but were increased to half-hourly in the December 2021 timetable change.