| Filton Abbey Wood | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Filton | ||
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | FIT | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.377 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.401 million | ||
| History | |||
| March 1996 | Rebuilt | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Filton Abbey Wood from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Filton Abbey Wood railway station, (near Bristol, England) was opened on 11 March 1996, replacing the original Filton station which stands to the north of the current site. In the Strategic Rail Authority’s 2005/06 financial year, Filton Abbey Wood was ranked as the 647th most-used station in Great Britain, making it one of the busiest unstaffed stations.
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History
The station was built by the Ministry of Defence to serve its nearby office complex. It has a passenger information system, and a temporary building that serves as a limited-hours ticket office, although of late this has not been staffed during the advertised opening hours. A self-service ticket machine is situated adjacent to the ticket office, on platform 1. There have been three Filton stations on a short stratch of line in this area. The first, on the Bristol to New Passage Pier line opened in 1863, was just north of the present station; it closed in 1903. Services were then diverted to the Filton Junction station further north (on the northern side of the A4174 ring road. This in turn closed when services moved to the present station, about a quarter of a mile south of Filton Junction, on 11 March 1996. In 2004 a third platform was added to provide additional line capacity by having the South Wales and Bristol Parkway routes diverge before the station.
Station facilities
Station facilities at Filton Abbey Wood include: - Customer Information System
Pay Phone
Services
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Bristol Temple Meads | CrossCountry Newcastle - Cardiff (Limited Service) |
Patchway | ||
| Bristol Temple Meads or Stapleton Road |
First Great Western Great Malvern/Gloucester - Westbury |
Bristol Parkway | ||
| First Great Western Cardiff - Taunton |
Patchway | |||
| Bristol Temple Meads | First Great Western Cardiff - Brighton/Portsmouth/Weymouth |
Newport | ||
| First Great Western Weston-Super-Mare - Bristol Parkway |
Bristol Parkway | |||
Station Layout
Platform 1 - Southbound services to Bristol Temple Meads. Platform 2 - Northbound services to Bristol Parkway, and onwards to the Midlands or London Paddington. Platform 3 - Northbound/Westbound services to South Wales via Patchway and the Severn Tunnel.
See also
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Filton Abbey Wood railway station from National Rail
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| Taunton to Bristol and Cardiff |
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 • Patchway • Pilning • Severn Tunnel Junction • Newport • Cardiff Central |
| Wetbury and Bristol to Cheltenham |
Westbury • Trowbridge • Bradford-on-Avon • Avoncliff • Freshford • Bath Spa • Oldfield Park • Keynsham • Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Filton Abbey Wood • Bristol Parkway • Yate • Cam and Dursley • Gloucester • Cheltenham Spa |
| Severn Beach Line | Bristol Temple Meads • Lawrence Hill • Stapleton Road • Montpelier • Redland • Clifton Down • Sea Mills • Shirehampton • Avonmouth • St Andrews Road • Severn Beach |
