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Ashton Gate Station
Ashton Gate Station was used primarily as a Footex station, serving the nearby Ashton Gate stadium. It was also home for interchange sidings which served the Dockside Railway with coal trains arriving almost daily. Other sidings were home to the Bristol Tunnel Inspection Train.
The station was opened as Ashton Gate Platform on the 15th September 1906, for football traffic only, with a regular service starting on the 23rd May 1926. The use of the word 'Platform' was dropped in 1928 and the station was last staffed in 1962.
| A view from the road of the Home Starter and the interchange sidings as they were in 1989. The station is on the left of the picture.
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| The Up line became a long siding before falling into total disrepair. This line disappeared completely when the line was rebuilt for freight to Portishead.
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| The view towards the Clifton Suspension Bridge (which was perfectly framed in the arch when I took the photo!) The bridge lead to the Ashton Gate Engineering works which was home to the Bristol Tunnel Inspection Train. I kick myself that I never got any pics of the place when it was still operational :(
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A recent view of the station taken by Alex Spencer.
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