Patchway railway station

Coordinates: 51°31′33″N 2°33′44″W / 51.5258°N 2.5623°W / 51.5258; -2.5623
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Patchway
National Rail
View north from the southern end of the station
General information
LocationPatchway, South Gloucestershire
England
Coordinates51°31′33″N 2°33′44″W / 51.5258°N 2.5623°W / 51.5258; -2.5623
Grid referenceST610809
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePWY
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyBristol and South Wales Union Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
8 September 1863Opened
10 August 1885Resited and renamed Patchway and Stoke Gifford
27 October 1908Renamed Patchway
5 July 1965Closed to goods traffic
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.104 million
2019/20Decrease 91,158
2020/21Decrease 12,392
2021/22Increase 50,756
2022/23Increase 77,776
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Patchway railway station is on the South Wales Main Line, serving the town of Patchway and village of Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire, England. It is 6 miles (10 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is PWY. It is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide all train services at the station; there is generally a train every hour in each direction between Cardiff Central and Taunton.

The station was opened by the

21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line
.

Description

Patchway railway station is located in the

London Paddington via Bristol Parkway.[6][note 1] The station is just north of Patchway Junctions 1 and 2, where the lines from Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood and Henbury converge.[5][6] The next station east is Bristol Parkway, the next station south is Filton Abbey Wood and the next station west is Pilning.[5][note 2]

The station is on a rough north–south alignment, curving towards the west at the north end.

21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line.[11]

The main access to the station is from Station Road to the east; however, there is also a set of steps and a turnstile into the industrial estate to the west.[7][12][13] Facilities at the station are minimal – there are small brick shelters on each platform, but no facilities for buying tickets.[7][8] There are customer help points, giving next train information for both platforms. A small car park with 15 spaces, and racks for four bicycles, is on the east side of the station on Station Road. CCTV cameras are in operation at the station. Step-free access is available to both platforms following completion of a new footbridge with lifts.[7]

From 2002 to 2014, annual passenger numbers at Patchway more than quintupled, from 16,898 to 92,540, and the station was noted in 2013 as having a high growth trend. However, these numbers are still fairly low; Patchway is the 1,730th busiest station in Great Britain (of 2,540) and the fifth busiest station in South Gloucestershire, busier only than Pilning.[14][15][16][note 3]

Services

A Class 166 with a Portsmouth Harbour service

Patchway is managed by

London Paddington and South Wales pass through non-stop, with two trains per hour in each direction on weekdays and one train per hour at weekends.[21]

All trains southbound call next at Filton Abbey Wood, and almost every train westbound calls next at Severn Tunnel Junction. Despite being the next station along the South Wales Main Line, there is only one weekday service which calls at both Patchway and Bristol Parkway, that being an early morning service from Taunton to Cardiff; there are only two trains per week which call at both Patchway and Pilning.[18][19][20][21]

The services described above are formed using

diesel multiple-unit trains and Class 800 and Class 802 bi-mode multiple unit trains.[22][23][24]

The standard journey time to Bristol Temple Meads is 13 minutes and 45 minutes to Cardiff Central.[21]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Filton Abbey Wood   Great Western Railway
Taunton - Cardiff Central 		  Severn Tunnel Junction
  Great Western Railway
Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central 		 

History

A boulder marks the site of the original station.

Patchway railway station first opened on 8 September 1863 when services began on the

standard gauge.[25] Although the line made travel from Bristol to Wales easier, the change from train to ferry to train was inconvenient and so a tunnel was built under the Severn. To cope with the anticipated increase in demand, it was decided that the line should be increased to twin track. However, the gradient between Pilning and Patchway, 1 in 68, was considered undesirably steep for trains heading up the hill towards Bristol, particularly for heavy coal trains, and so a three-mile deviation was built with a 1 in 100 gradient between Pilning and a point south of Patchway. Trains uphill towards Bristol would use the new line, while trains downhill towards Wales would continue to use the steeper, original track.[25] The deviation left the two tracks at Patchway at significantly different levels, and so made the original site impractical for a station.[8] The station was rebuilt 40 chains (0.80 km) south along the line at its present site, 5 miles 77 chains (9.6 km) from Bristol Temple Meads.[6] A boulder and information board marks the site of the original station.[27][28]

The original Patchway railway station was 40 chains (0.80 km) west of the current site. It was abandoned when a new, less steep, track (left) was built for trains from Wales towards Bristol.

The new station opened on 10 August 1885, and was originally known as Patchway &

signal box. As now, the eastern platform was for trains towards Bristol, the western platform for trains towards Wales. The station buildings were of a standard 1880s GWR design, with tall chimneys and fretted wooden canopies. The main building was on the eastern platform, containing the booking office, toilets and waiting rooms. A matching brick shelter with canopy was built on the western platform. The eastern platform also had a bicycle house at the northern end.[8] A large covered and glazed footbridge linked the two platforms.[8][27] The goods yard included two sidings: a short, south-facing one adjacent to a loading dock; and a longer north-facing one. There was also a weigh bridge and a coal office. At the north end of the station was a south-facing siding and an oil store.[29] The station did not have a dedicated approach road, as it was adjacent to a road connecting Gloucester Road to the west and Gypsy Patch Lane to the south; this road subsequently became known as Station Road.[27] At the time of construction, the station was mostly surrounded by fields, with the Bristol conurbation almost 3 miles (5 km) away.[30]

In 1900, almost all trains from London to Wales travelled via

double glazed, due to the noise from jet engine testing from the Bristol Siddeley Aero-Engines factory (now the Rolls-Royce factory) opposite the box.[27] The Henbury Loop Line opened in 1910, connecting Avonmouth to the main lines south of Patchway.[8] From 1928, some trains from Bristol would travel in loops via Patchway and Severn Beach.[23]

A passenger train passes west through Patchway in 1958. In the background on the right, a freight train can be seen using the goods loop.

When the railways were

nationalised in 1948, Patchway came under the aegis of the Western Region of British Railways.[32] In 1949, there were 11 trains towards South Wales and 13 towards Bristol each weekday, with three trains per day in each direction on Sundays.[33] However, by 1965, this had reduced to eight trains on weekdays towards South Wales and six towards Bristol, with no Sunday service.[34] Traffic levels fell; the station was closed to goods traffic on 5 July 1965 and subsequently had all staff withdrawn on 14 October 1968. The goods loop was taken up and the station buildings demolished, replaced by small brick shelters. The structure of the footbridge remained, but the roof was removed. The goods yard was repurposed as vehicle storage.[8]

In 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect, the southern part of Gloucestershire, including the district of Patchway, became part of the new county of Avon.[35] Avon was disbanded in 1996, with the region now governed by South Gloucestershire council.[36]

South of Patchway is Patchway Junction, where the lines from London, Bristol and Avonmouth converge.

Manchester Piccadilly.[46][47]

Since the mid-2000s, the

Community Payback scheme.[53]

As part of work to electrify the line passing through the station, the footbridge was replaced. A new accessible footbridge with lifts at either side was opened in May 2021.[54]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Filton
  
Bristol & South Wales Union Railway

(1863–1868) 		  Pilning
 
Bristol & South Wales Union Line
(1868–1903)[note 4]
  
Filton Junction
  
Bristol & South Wales Union Line
(1903–1948)[note 4]
  
  Western Region of British Railways
South Wales Main Line
(1948–1982) 		 
  Regional Railways
South Wales Main Line
(1982–1996) 		 
Filton Abbey Wood   Regional Railways
South Wales Main Line
(1996–1997) 		 
  Wales & West
South Wales Main Line
(1997–2001) 		 
  Wessex Trains
South Wales Main Line
(2001-2006) 		 
Filton Abbey Wood   Virgin CrossCountry
Cardiff - Newcastle
(2006–2007) 		  Severn Tunnel Junction

Future

The South Wales Main Line from London to Cardiff has now been electrified, as has the

MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose.[60][61][62][63]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile.
  2. ^ Passenger services do not currently use the Henbury Loop Line.
  3. ^ Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Patchway, from Office of Rail and Road statistics.[17] Methodology may vary year on year.
  4. ^
    Filton railway station closed and Filton Junction railway station opened. Butt's 1995 book[55] states 1886, but Oakley[8] and Maggs[56] both state 1903. 1903 would tie in with the new station being built as a junction for the GWR's
    Badminton Line, whereas 1886 would mean an entirely new station was built only months after the original station had a second platform built.

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