St Andrews Road railway station
Railway station in Bristol, England
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St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrew's Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, Bristol, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Avonmouth, Bristol England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51.5132°N 2.6962°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST517795 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SAR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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| 1 March 1917 | Opened for workmen only | ||||
| 13 November 1922 | closed | ||||
| 30 June 1924 | reopened as a public station | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  4,910 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  7,164 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 17,322 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 34,554 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 81,974 | ||||
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This station is 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. Its three letter station code is SAR. All trains serving it are operated by and the station is managed by Great Western Railway. DB Cargo UK used to operate coal trains to the Aberthaw power stations in Wales on an 'as required' basis before it closed down in March 2020,[1] and formerly to the now closed Didcot A Power Station from the adjacent bulk freight terminal.
For many years, it has been the least used railway station in Bristol.[2]
History
Service
All services at St Andrews Road are operated by Great Western Railway mainly using Class 165 and 166 Networker Turbo DMUs and the occasional Class 158 Express Sprinter DMU..[5][6]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]
- 1 tph to Bristol Temple Meads
- 1 tph to Severn Beach
The station is also served by two early morning services on weekdays that extends beyond Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare, one evening weekday service to Salisbury, one Saturday evening service to Frome and one Sunday afternoon service that continues to Exeter St Davids.
Services heading towards Severn Beach generally originate at Weston-super-Mare. However, all services from Severn Beach terminate at Bristol Temple Meads, and therefore there is only a very limited service reaching there, but there is more regular service from there to St Andrews Road.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Disused railways | ||||
| Avonmouth | Great Western Railway |
Chittening Platform Line open, station closed | ||
References in popular culture
St Andrew's Road station was featured in the Channel 4 series Paul Merton's Secret Stations Season 1 Episode 2 broadcast on 8 May 2016[citation needed]. This series features British comedian Paul Merton visiting various request stop railway stations around Britain.
