General information | |||||
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Location | Stoke Gifford, South Gloucestershire England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°30′49″N 2°32′34″W / 51.51360°N 2.54270°W | ||||
Grid reference | ST624795 | ||||
Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BPW | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Western Region of British Railways | ||||
Key dates | |||||
1 May 1972 | Station opened | ||||
1 July 2001 | Refurbishment completed | ||||
9 May 2007 | Third platform opened | ||||
13 April 2018 | Fourth platform opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 2.372 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.783 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.367 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.132 million | ||||
2021/22 | 1.414 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.549 million | ||||
2022/23 | 1.824 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.678 million | ||||
2023/24 | 2.069 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.902 million | ||||
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Bristol Parkway, on the South Wales Main Line, serves the villages of Stoke Gifford and Harry Stoke in South Gloucestershire, England. Despite its name, it is located in Gloucestershire rather than Bristol itself. It is 112 miles (180 km) from London Paddington. The station was opened in 1972 by British Rail and rebuilt in 2001. It is the third-most heavily used station in the West of England combined authority area, after Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa. There are four platforms, and a well-equipped waiting area. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide most of the trains at the station, with CrossCountry providing the rest.
Electrification using 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead system reached Bristol Parkway in late 2018, and electric trains in the Swindon and London direction commenced passenger service on 30 December 2018. This was part of the 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line.