Bristol Harbour Railway

Bristol Harbour Railway
Henbury pulls a train near the Fairbairn steam crane
Locale	Bristol
Terminus	Prince's Wharf
Commercial operations
Built by	Great Western Railway
Original gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Stations	3
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened	1872 and 1906
Closed	1987

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Legend
to the Southwest Butterfly Junction Royal Portbury Dock Ashton Swing Bridge Severn Estuary CREATE Centre Parson Street Old & New Junction Locks Vauxhall Bridge Albion Dockyard Cumberland Road Bridge SS Great Britain Malago Colliery Canons Marsh Bedminster Floating Harbour Western Fuel Concentration Co Princes Wharf Pylle Hill Parcel Depot Bathurst Basin Redcliffe Tunnel River Frome River Avon (New Cut) Redcliffe Goods  A4  Bath Road (Redcliffe Viaduct) Temple Meads (Original station)  A4044  Temple Way (Victoria Street Bridge) Bristol Temple Meads Temple Meads Goods River Avon to London, Wales & the North

The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol, England. The line, which had a network of approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) of track, connected the Floating Harbour to the GWR mainline at Bristol Temple Meads. Freight could be transported directly by waggons to Paddington Station in London. The railway officially closed in 1964.

In 1978, a heritage railway named the Bristol Harbour Railway was opened and operated by Bristol Industrial Museum. It uses approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) of the preserved line that runs adjacent to the River Avon. The line is a very popular visitor attraction in the city.