The Bristol Railway Archive

Some of you folks may remember the questions I posed here a few months ago about a relative of mine who allegedly came to a sticky end in your part of the world. Well, here's an update for you. It turns out that he died in Pill Tunnel. He was apparently decapitated in the tunnel by the 9am train ...

Hi Jules,

Thanks for this - there's certainly some interesting stuff there. One thing I'm not sure about, though, is that the first website you've quoted states that the Bristol & Portishead Pier & Railway Company opened the line but that it was operated by the Bristol & Exeter Railway. Could it ...

I wonder if anyone on this group can help. I'm researching my family history and I've just received a death certificate for one of my ancestors. The cause of death is stated as "Found dead on railway killed by a train". The location is Portbury and date of death was 19th Oct 1871.

I would love to ...