The Portishead Railway is a branch line railway running from Portishead in North Somerset to the main line immediately west of Bristol, England.[page needed]...
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Portishead (/ˈpɔːrtɪshɛd/ PORT-iss-hed) is a town and civil parish in the North Somerset unitary authority area, in the county of Somerset, England. With...
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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...
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The Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway (WC&PR) was a 14.01-mile (22.55 km) standard gauge light railway in Somerset, England. It was conceived...
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phrases.org.uk (retrieved 20 August 2007) Portishead Railway Group, 2006. "History of the Portishead Railway Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine...
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Pill railway station was a railway station on the Portishead Branch Line, 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west of Bristol Temple Meads, serving the village of Pill...
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authorisation to make a westwards connection between the Harbour Railway and the Portishead Railway. This created the West Loop at Ashton Gate which permitted...
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wickedness. The 1860s saw the building of the Portishead Railway line between Bristol Temple Meads and Portishead. The line, which was opened to passengers...
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Portishead railway station served the town of Portishead, Somerset, England from 1907 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The station...
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Portishead South railway station served the town of Portishead, Somerset, England from 1907 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The...
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the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company as a single platform stop 3.4 miles (5.5 km) along the line from Bristol to Portishead. It was later...
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150-year lease from Bristol City Council. Between 2000 and 2002 the Portishead Railway was repaired and extended to the dock at a cost of £21 million. Motor...
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the Great Western Railway when Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway closed in 1940: GWR No.5 ex-LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T "Portishead" GWR No.6 ex-LB&SCR...
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proposed to be increased by two trains per hour between Portishead and Bristol when the Portishead Branch Line reopens. The station is built on the lower...
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MetroWest (Bristol) (category Proposed railway lines in England)
MetroWest project are the reopening of the disused Portishead Railway, with stations at Pill and Portishead; and the reopening to passenger traffic of the...
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Weston-super-Mare (redirect from Weston Miniature Railway)
on the other side of the River Axe). A second railway, the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway, opened on 1 December 1897, connecting Weston...
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December 1897 by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. It was originally a terminus until 1907, when Portishead opened to the north, as well as the stations...
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H. F. Stephens (redirect from Colonel Stephens Railways)
Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Railway: A Pictorial Record," (1989, Twelveheads Press)(ISBN 0906294193). Colonel Stephens' Railways Archived 4 February...
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1852–54 to the Jacobean designs of Samuel Fripp. The Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway opened a branch off the Bristol and Exeter line west of the city...
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their line from the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Portishead Junction to a pier on the Severn Estuary at Portishead. The line was built as 7 ft (2,134 mm)...
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Worle Town railway station served the village of Worle, North Somerset, England, from 1897 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The station...
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Rail services in the West of England (redirect from Railways in Bristol)
Railway Bristol Port Railway and Pier Bristol and North Somerset Railway Portishead Railway MetroWest is a current initiative in the West of England area...
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LB&SCR A1 class (category London, Brighton and South Coast Railway locomotives)
Region, having been inherited by the Great Western Railway from the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. BR gave the locomotives the power classification...
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Western Railway, and was rebuilt in 1933. The station, which has two through-lines and two platforms, plus one freight line for traffic on the Portishead Branch...
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Rail transport in Great Britain (redirect from British railway system)
Central Railway Notts–Leicester Lynn and Hunstanton Railway Peak Rail: (Matlock–Bakewell). Under-funded line Portishead Railway from Portishead to Bristol...
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Bristol Road railway station served the village of Worle, North Somerset, England, from 1912 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The station...
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Saints railway station served the town of Clevedon, North Somerset, England, from 1917 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. The station...
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list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to...
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