The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol...
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Bristol Harbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol, England. The harbour covers an area of 70 acres (28 hectares). It is the former natural tidal river...
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by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway. To accommodate...
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managed by Bristol City Council along with nearby preserved industrial relics along Prince's Wharf, including the Bristol Harbour Railway, cranes and...
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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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Bristol Ferry Boats is a brand of water bus services operating around Bristol Harbour in the centre of the English city of Bristol, using a fleet of distinctive...
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The Clifton Rocks Railway was an underground funicular in Bristol, England, linking Clifton at the top to Hotwells and Bristol Harbour at the bottom of...
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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...
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The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer...
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dockside industry. The Bristol Harbour Railway runs the length of the island, and formerly connected these working areas with the railway network. With the...
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Avonmouth Docks (category Ports and harbours of the Bristol Channel)
whilst rail-passenger access is via Avonmouth railway station on the Severn Beach Line. Bristol Harbour had always been a major centre of trade within...
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from Africa to slavery in the Americas. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth...
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Canon's Marsh (redirect from Canons Marsh, Bristol)
is an inner city area of Bristol, England. Canon's Marsh occupies low-lying land on the north side of the Floating Harbour, immediately to the west of...
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by Bristol Electric Railbus Ltd (BER). This service operated a Parry People Movers railcar along the first half-mile of the Bristol Harbour Railway, where...
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footbridge in Bristol, England, that crosses the New Cut of the River Avon. At its northern end, the bridge also passes over the Bristol Harbour Railway line from...
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Portsmouth Harbour railway station serves the city of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England. It is situated in Portsmouth Harbour, between the Gunwharf Quays...
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There are 22 disused railway stations on the Bristol to Exeter line between Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids. The line was completed in 1844 at...
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Railway, Great Torrington, Devon West Somerset Railway, Minehead, Somerset Bideford Railway Heritage Centre, Bideford, Devon Bristol Harbour Railway,...
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The line was built by the Bristol and Exeter Railway with Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the engineer. The section from Bristol to Bridgwater was opened on...
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Ferrers railway station Bideford Railway Heritage Centre, Devon Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum Coleford Great Western Railway Museum, Coleford...
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Yate railway station serves the town of Yate in South Gloucestershire, in south west England. The station is located on the main Bristol to Birmingham...
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Bristol Bridge is a bridge over the floating harbour in Bristol, England. The floating harbour was constructed on the original course of the River Avon...
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The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a railway company opened in 1844 to run services between Bristol and Gloucester. It was built on the 7 ft (2,134 mm)...
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Philip's railway station was a small terminus station in Bristol built by the Midland Railway to relieve pressure on the main station at Bristol Temple...
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The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was a railway line in the West of England that connected Bristol with Radstock, through Pensford and further into...
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The Bristol Port Railway and Pier (also referred to as the Bristol Port and Pier Railway) was a railway in Bristol, England. The Bristol Port Railway and...
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Amberley Museum Railway, West Sussex Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, Scotland Bristol Harbour Railway, Gloucetsershire Caledonian Railway, Scotland Cambrian...
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Retrieved 3 May 2021. "Harbour Authority". The Bristol Port Company. Retrieved 29 December 2021. "Bristol Harbour". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 29...
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miles (21.7 km) north west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who are also the sole provider...
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When Brunel rebuilt the entrance locks of the Cumberland Basin in Bristol Harbour, between 1848 and 1849, he also constructed a number of swinging bridges –...
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