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Taken from outside the Beaufort Arms
©John Phillips
Connecting Bristol Parkway station with the University of the West of England
©John Phillips
Looking W. towards the station from the road bridge to Parklands. The station area is the dominating feature of this square.
©John Phillips
Bogie hopper wagons in the number series 370xxx. The sidings for these coal trains are on the south side of Bristol Parkway Station.
©Roger Templeman
The mini roundabout marks the junction of Church Road with Hambrook Lane to the right and Harry Stoke Road behind the camera.
©Maurice Pullin
Seen from an overbridge carrying a lane and footpath between Stoke Gifford and Hambrook Lane. "Bristol Parkway was [opened on 1st May 1972] to give Bristol a station on the railway from London to South Wales, which passes just north of the city. There were several reasons for positioning a new station at Stoke Gifford: trains to London were quicker than on the longer route from Temple Meads, via Bath and Chippenham before reaching Swindon; a larger car park than at Temple Meads could be provided; the population on the northern fringes of the city was growing, especially with the building of a new town at Bradley Stoke; and it was within easy access of the M4 and M5 motorways. The name "Parkway" has since been applied to other out-of-town stations of a Park and ride nature, despite its presumed original reference to the Bristol Parkway, the nearby M32 motorway running through parkland." The above was copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Parkway_railway_station
©Maurice Pullin
©Roy Hughes
©Roger Cornfoot
©Steve Fareham
The wagons are on a freight line at the southern edge of the station site. In 1999, Freightliner, which already had its Intermodal container service, created the Heavy Haul business for bulk loads such as cement, coal and scrap metal.
©John Grayson
Located in the NE corner of the Bristol Parkway station site. The centre, which opened in 2008 in a former Post Office building, trains about 200 apprentices each year.
©John Grayson
Dist:0.1km<br/>Class 47 diesel electric locomotive No 47210 passes the extensive sidings on the approach to Bristol Parkway station with a westbound train.
©Rob Newman
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©Steve Fareham
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.1km<br/>The station and immediately in front of it - the bus turning circle. Looking towards the east.
©Linda Bailey

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