Trains to Bristol Parkway - Station Details and further Information on Bristol Parkway Train Services
Bristol Parkway train station serves the northern suburbs of Bristol, including Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke. It is part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail, and is run by First Great Western.
Bristol Parkway was built in the 1970s to give Bristol a station on the railway from London to South Wales, which passes just north of the city. There were several reasons for positioning a new station at Stoke Gifford: trains to London were quicker than on the longer route from Temple Meads, via Bath and Chippenham before reaching Swindon; a larger car park than at Temple Meads could be provided; the population on the northern fringes of the city was growing, especially with the building of a new town at Bradley Stoke; and it was within easy access of the M4 and M5 motorways. The name "Parkway" has since been applied to other out-of-town stations of a Park and ride nature, despite its presumable original reference to the Bristol Parkway, the nearby M32 motorway running through parkland.
First Great Western operate three services: an hourly Bristol Parkway to Weston-super-Mare service; a half-hourly London Paddington to Cardiff Central service with hourly extensions to/from Swansea; ans an hourly Gloucester to Westbury service, with some extended to Great Malvern and Weymouth.
CrossCountry operate two services. One is an hourly Bristol Temple Meads to Manchester Picadilly service, with extensions to/from South West England. The second is an hourly Plymouth to Edinburgh service with extensions to/from Glasgow Central or Aberdeen in the north and Penzance in the south.
The station building includes a waiting area with a ticket office, toilets and a cafe. There is a seated waiting area on the upper level with its own cafe and small shop. It also features Wi-Fi internet access for a fee.
The station has three platforms, either side of the railway track. Platforms 3 and 4 are on the same side as the station building, platform 2 on the far side, reached via an enclosed bridge across the line. |