Sea Mills railway station

Sea Mills
National Rail
General information
LocationSea Mills, Bristol
England
Coordinates51°28′48″N 2°38′59″W / 51.4799°N 2.6498°W / 51.4799; -2.6498
Grid referenceST549758
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeSML
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
6 March 1865Station opened
1906-07Station rebuilt and second platform opened
19 October 1970Reduced to single track
Passengers
2019/20Increase 58,204
2020/21Decrease 13,108
2021/22Increase 36,408
2022/23Increase 62,422
2023/24Increase 78,810
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Sea Mills railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the districts of Sea Mills, Stoke Bishop, Sneyd Park and nearby Westbury on Trym in Bristol, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) from Bristol Temple Meads, situated at the confluence of the River Avon and River Trym and near the A4 Bristol Portway. Its three letter station code is SML. The station has a single platform which serves trains in both directions. As of 2015 it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the third franchise to be responsible for the station since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, mainly a train every 30 minutes in each direction.

The station was opened in 1865 by the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, and had a single platform. It later became part of the Clifton Extension Railway, and had a second platform built. The station was expanded over the years, and at one point had four porters staffing it. However the Severn Beach Line declined over the latter half of the twentieth century and by the 1970s the station had no staff and only one platform. Services however have increased since 2000 to a train every 30 minutes in each direction.