Portishead railway station

Portishead
The 1954 Portishead railway station, in 1960
General information
Location	Portishead, North Somerset England
Coordinates	51°29′20″N 2°45′48″W / 51.4888°N 2.7633°W / 51.4888; -2.7633 (Old station) 51°29′08″N 2°46′00″W / 51.4855°N 2.7668°W / 51.4855; -2.7668 (1954 station)
Platforms	1 (Old station); 2 (New station)
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
18 April 1867	Portishead (Old) station opened
4 January 1954	Closed, replaced by a new station 440 yards (400m) away
4 January 1954	Portishead (New or BTC) station opened
7 September 1964	Closed

Portishead railway station was opened by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway in 1867; it was approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the town of Portishead, North Somerset, England. After the opening of the Pier in 1870, the line was extended with an additional railway station opened by the pier. The Pier station closed first; and the original Portishead station closed in 1954, with a new Portishead station opened nearer the town. The 1954 station closed in 1964 when passenger services were withdrawn from the line.

A resited new station is due to be opened to passenger traffic as part of MetroWest, a scheme to increase rail services in the Bristol area. This will be built about 660 yards (600 m) east of the town centre.^[1]