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Mangotsfield North Junction - Shortwood Sidings
Most of the pics and information on this page were provided by Clive Moore. Many thanks to him. :)
This was the original Mangotsfield Station which was opened on the 8th July 1844 and closed on the 12th September 1869 when the line between Bristol and Bath was opened. In the sixties the sidings here were used to store coaches as well as serving a brickworks, a colliery and the nearby Carsons Chocolate factory.
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Looking south. The trackbed on the right went to Bristol, in the centre is the Carson factory, while on the left is the trackbed for Bath. The line to Bath was known as The Pines. This was because everyday the Pines Express would pass through missing Mangotsfield on the way.
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A couple of views of the station buildings that were still standing at Shortwood when these pics were taken in the 1990s.
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The buildings clearly have Brunel's favoured Tudor arches above the doorways, and as the route was engineered by him it's fair to assume that this building was one of his designs.
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The view north with Shortwood Bridge in the distance. A dual-carriageway passes through here now. Just to the right of the bridge (as viewed in the pic) is the excellent Bridge Inn pub.
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A photo of the coal batcher that stood in the yard next to the station buildings.
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2005
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A view of the restored station buildings in 2005.
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This part of the station was an Avon & Gloucestershire Railway weighbridge house. Built in 1830, it cost £100 to erect. It was fitted with a Foster, Rastrick & Co. weighing machine which cost £95 6d.
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To Bristol via Mangotsfield: 
