Portishead railway station

:"see also Portishead railway station on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway"Infobox UK disused station
name = Portishead

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caption = The 1954 Portishead railway station, in 1960
manager = Bristol and Exeter Railway
line = Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
locale = Portishead
borough = North Somerset
latitude =
longitude =
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years = 18 April 1867
events = Portishead (Old) station opened
years1 = 4 January 1954
events1 = Closed, replaced by a new station 400 m away
years2 = 4 January 1954
events2 = Portishead (New) station opened
years3 = 7 September 1964
events3 = Closed
platforms = 1 (Old station);
2 (New station)
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Portishead railway station was opened by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway on 18 April 1867; it was approximately 0.5 miles from the village of Portishead.Butt-Stations] Crowhurst, Ken (2001). "Images of England: Portishead". Stroud: Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2240-5.] The Pier was opened in 1870 and line was extended to the pier, with an additional railway station opened by the pier.

In the 1920s, the coal-fired Portishead power station was built adjacent to Portishead railway station; and the power station was extended in 1948 to increase its capacity. In 1949, the original power station, which still in use, was renamed Portishead A power station. Building work also started that year on an additional power station, Portishead B power station, which began generating electricity in 1955. This lead to the closure and demolition of the original railway station. It was replaced on the same day, 4 January 1954, by a new station 400 m nearer the centre of Portishead and Bristol.

The 1954 station was closed by the "Beeching Axe" on 7 September 1964, when passenger services ceased on the line. Freight services continued on the line until the early 1980s.

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