Portbury_railway_station

Portbury railway station

Portbury railway station

Former railway station in England


Portbury railway station was a railway station serving the village and shipyard of Portbury in Somerset, near Bristol, England. It opened in 1867 and closed in 1962.[1] The line through the station was closed in 1964 and the former station house is now a private dwelling.

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A three-mile stretch of the former line between Portbury and Portishead was bought by North Somerset Council in 2008 in order to keep the option of re-opening the line alive.[2]

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References

  1. "Portbury - Bristol Railway Archive". bristol-rail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  2. "Portishead railway on track". www.thisisbristol.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2009.



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