The following year saw local services on the Midland route to Gloucester withdrawn [25] and the Midland route to Bath Green Park via Mangotsfield was closed on 7 March On 12 September the terminal platforms were closed. This allowed the platforms to be renumbered with the order reversed see list below.
From to it housed the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum. Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone , an enterprise zone with an area of 70 hectares acres centred on Temple Meads, [28] was announced in , [29] and launched in Network Rail is a partner in coordinating development in the zone. Station Approach Road will be turned into a public square and the station's main entrance moved to the north side. Plans to build a 12,capacity arena [34] on the former site of the Bristol Bath Road Traction Maintenance Depot , to the south of the station, were cancelled in Although it is now possible to reach the station through the Temple Quay office development on the site of the goods shed or from the Bristol Ferry Boat Company landing stage on the Floating Harbour , the traditional and main approach is from Temple Gate.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel 's Tudor-style offices, later used by the former British Empire and Commonwealth Museum , face this road and are flanked on the north side by an archway that used to be the main station for departing passengers; a matching arch on the other side was the arrivals gateway but was removed when the station was expanded in the s. Opposite these offices are the Grosvenor Hotel and the derelict George Railway Hotel, which were built in the s, [7] on either side of the site of the Bristol Harbour Railway bridge.
A modern pub named The Reckless Engineer as a tribute to Brunel faces the approach road to the station. On the left is Brunel's original station building. It is believed to be the widest hammerbeam roof in England and, along with most of the station, is a Grade 1 listed building , [36] [37] and forms part of a proposed Great Western Railway World Heritage Site.
The tunnel beneath this area was the route for passengers to and from the Down platform from until the station was enlarged in Entering the main building, the ticket office and ticket machines are immediately ahead, and the route from Temple Quay and the ferry is on the left; a newsagent is on the right, next to the platform entrance. Customer Information System screens by the entrance show arrival and departure information for all platforms, as do displays on each of the platforms. There are 13 numbered platforms serving 8 tracks.
The platforms are numbered from 1—15 with 2 and 14 omitted. Platforms 1, 13 and 15 do not share tracks with any other platform. Platforms 3—12 consist of five tracks that are each subdivided into a pair of numbered platforms. Of those, the odd numbered platforms are at the north end of the station, while even numbers are at the south end.
Entrance to the platforms is controlled by automatic ticket gates on Platform 3, which is used by many northbound CrossCountry trains and local services to Bristol Parkway and Gloucester. The main station restaurant and bar is on the left [41] and the short Platform 1, a bay , is beyond this. Behind Platform 1 is a brick wall that forms part of the signal box and on this are some metal artworks created by artists with learning difficulties to celebrate Brunel's th anniversary in ; an interpretation panel is nearby. On the right of the entrance is the subway that links all the platforms, reached either by steps or lift ; [41] it houses the main public toilets, automated teller machines ATM and several catering outlets there is catering on all platform islands except 13— A passenger information office and lounge are above the subway, the British Transport Police office and cycle racks are beyond, [41] and at the western end is Platform 4, used by only a few trains.
Alongside this is Platform 2, another bay platform but not signalled for passenger trains and used only for stabling empty trains, as is the former Motorail unloading bay alongside. At the far end of this track is the old Fish Dock, occasionally used for stabling engineers' on-track equipment. Beyond the end of the platform the tracks swing to the right the west and pass out of sight beneath Bath Road Bridge, a girder bridge that carries the A4 out of the city.
The first island platform comprises platforms 5 to 8. Platform 5 is inside the main train shed while 6 is a southerly extension and 7 and 8 were added outside the supporting wall in the s. Between platforms 5 and 7 are the two spur sidings that are long enough to stable a single Class DMU. The third island platform comprises platforms 9 to 12 and also dates from the s. The final island platform is shorter and only has east-end platforms 13 and 15 is used by most trains from Paddington that continue westwards to Weston-super-Mare or beyond.
Platform 13 is a terminus platform and is used by many trains from Paddington, some local services and occasionally by CrossCountry. This depot has been demolished. This is accessible from both ends of Temple Meads station. Other facilities include pay phones, public Wi-Fi , a post box, photo booth, and passenger assistance such as information points, waiting rooms, a lost property office, first aid room , and CCTV.
Temple Meads is the busiest station in the Bristol area. Official statistics show it to have the 35th-largest number of people entering or leaving any national rail station, the 14th busiest outside London. Great Western Railway operates main line services to London Paddington , [43] long-distance services to Cardiff and the south coast, [44] and local services to Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Gloucester and the Severn Beach Line. Temple Meads is served by many buses operated by First West of England including:. First Great Western exercised a break clause in the Greater Western franchise thus avoiding large premium payments to the Department for Transport.
Subsequently, a new contract until September was negotiated between First Great Western and the Department for Transport [65] [66] and subsequently extended until March This will leave Temple Meads un-electrified but the new Hitachi Super Express trains are bi-mode so can operate as diesels around Bristol and can use electricity where the electrification work is complete.
The Portishead Branch Line , which runs along the south side of the River Avon from a junction just beyond Parson Street is proposed to be reopened. The line was reopened for freight traffic to serve Royal Portbury Docks in , and the restoration of passenger traffic is considered part of the Greater Bristol Metro scheme , which was given the go-ahead in July as part of the City Deal, whereby local councils would be given greater control over money by the government.
The station roof is to be refurbished as part of a scheme to transform the station over the next 25 years. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Major railway station for the city of Bristol, England. Bristol Temple Meads. Brunelian station. Railways in the Bristol area. Cross Country Route. Thornbury branch line. South Wales Main Line. Westerleigh Junction. Avonmouth Light Railway. Clifton Down Tunnel. Narroways Hill Junction. Avon Valley Railway. St Mary Redcliffe tunnel. Bristol Harbour Railway. Mangotsfield branch line. Bristol—Exeter line. Great Western main line. Retrieved 22 September National Heritage List for England.
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