St Andrews Road railway station

Infobox UK station
name = St Andrews Road
code = SAR


manager = First Great Western
locale = Avonmouth
borough = Bristol
lowusage0405 = 4,969
lowusage0506 = 8,008
lowusage0607 = 5,518
platforms = 1
start = March 1917 [ [http://www.david.frih.net/severn/history.htm History of the Severn Beach Line] ]

St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrews Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth. This station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western.

This station is 16 km (10 miles) west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. All trains serving it are operated and the station is managed by First Great Western. EWS (energy division) also operate coal trains to Didcot from the adjacent lines.

ervice

The station is a "request stop" - if nobody requests that the train or bus stops then it will not do so. Currently,an improved service will is offered on the line [http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Documents/Custom/DC%20MAY%202008%20TIMETABLE/Bristol%20Temple%20Meads%20to%20Severn%20Beach.pdf New timetable from First Great Western] . Trains will start earlier in the morning and finish later in the evening, with three trains in every 2-hour cycle during the daytime. This will increase turnaround time, so the timetable should be more reliable.

This will have the unfortunate side-effect of services from St Andrews Road being reduced overall, with only one train each way every two hours Mondays to Fridays, as opposed to the current service provided by a bus every hour connecting with every train. The bus continues to run on Saturdays and alternates with the train to provide an hourly service overall. There will still be no trains from St. Andrews Road station on Sundays, although they will run from Avonmouth towards Bristol until September.

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Proposed Changes

In March 2007 First Great Western, published details of the improvements they plan to undertake over the next three years, [cite web | url= http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Documents/Custom/Severn%20Beach%20Line%20Development%20Plan.pdf | format= PDF | title= Severn Beach Line Development Plan | work= First Great Western | month= March | year= 2007 | accessdate= 2007-12-12] at St Andrews Road they are;

*CCTV
*Help and information points
*Public address system
*Signage to bus stop

References

ee also

*First Great Western
*List of all UK railway stations
*Public transport in Bristol

External links

* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTcZblBvA4 A video of coal being loaded at St Andrews Road]