North Filton Platform railway station

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North Filton Platform
Location
Place Filton
Area South Gloucestershire
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Grid reference ST603799
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
History
9 May 1910 (1910-05-09) Opened as Filton Halt
22 March 1915 Closed
1926 Reopened as North Filton Platform
23 November 1964 Regular public services ceased
12 May 1986 Complete closure
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North Filton Platform was a railway station which served the northern part of Filton, Gloucestershire, England. It was on the railway line between Filton and Avonmouth, and was situated on the western side of Gloucester Road (the present A38).

History

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The junctions in the Filton/Patchway/Stoke Gifford area. North Filton Platform was to the west of Filton West Junction.[1]

The railway line between Stoke Gifford Junction and Holesmouth Junction (Avonmouth), now known as the Henbury Loop Line, was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) on 9 May 1910, together with the Filton West Loop (Filton Junction to Filton West Junction).[2] Among the stations on that line which opened the same day was one originally known as Filton Halt. It closed less than five years later, on 22 March 1915.[3]

It was reopened either on 12 July 1926[4] or on 20 September 1926,[5] and was now known as North Filton Platform.[4]

Regular passenger services ceased from 23 November 1964, but workman trains continued until 12 May 1986.[6][7]

Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (FOSBR) and other local rail campaign groups support the reopening of the line to passengers, as well as the stations at North Filton and Henbury.[8][9][10][11] FOSBR suggest this would help services along the Severn Beach Line, allowing a Bristol Temple Meads-Avonmouth-Bristol Parkway service, and also provide services to the north of Bristol generally, the Cribbs Causeway shopping centre,[12] and the redevelopment at Filton Aerodrome. FOSBR say that local councils have committed to a feasibility study into reopening the line.[12] In December 2011 a South Gloucestershire Council planning committee recommended that the station, along with Henbury station, be re-opened for passenger services.[13]

References

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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Butt 1995, pp. 96,173
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  6. ↑ Butt 1995, p. 173
  7. ↑ Private and Untimetabled Railway stations by G.Croughton and others
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Filton Junction
Line closed, station open		   Great Western Railway
Henbury Loop Line		   Charlton Halt
Line and station closed
Winterbourne
Line and station closed		    
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