Severn Beach railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Severn Beach
code = SVB


manager = First Great Western
locale = Severn Beach
borough = South Gloucestershire
lowusage0405 = 29,295
lowusage0506 = 37,088
lowusage0607 = 38,202
platforms = 1
start = April 1922 [ [http://www.david.frih.net/severn/history.htm History of the Severn Beach Line] ]

Severn Beach railway station serves the village of Severn Beach, England. This is the terminus of the Severn Beach Line.

This station is 22 km (13½ miles) north 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.

ervice

Currently, an improved service 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 daytime services to/from Severn Beach being reduced overall, with only one train 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 be no Sunday service from Severn Beach, although trains will run from Avonmouth onwards 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 [ [http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Documents/Custom/Severn%20Beach%20Line%20Development%20Plan.pdf First Great Western improvement plans] ] , at Severn Beach they are;

*CCTV
*Help and information points
*Public address system
*Relocating/Replacing shelter
*Bus pull-in
*Fence derelict land

References

ee also

*First Great Western
*List of all UK railway stations

External links