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The Portway park and ride site is on the A4 Portway at
The Severn Beach railway line runs adjacent to the site. It is planned that a new station, , be built to serve the site. The station was allocated £2.2million in June 2017 from the Local Growth Fund, via the West of England
Shirehampton
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It originated as a separate village, retains a High Street with a parish church and shops, and is still thought of as a village by many of it ...
, to the north-west of Bristol
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, England, close to junction 18 of the M5 motorway
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.
History
The site opened in April 2002 with 300 car parking spaces as part of theBristol park & ride
The Bristol Park & Ride is a park & ride system operated by Bristol City Council in Bristol, South West England.
History
Until 2011, the park & ride routes were operated by First Bristol and Wessex Bus. On 5 September 2011, route 904 was taken ...
network. There had been considerable opposition from local residents. The site was expanded in 2008 to provide 830 car parking spaces to coincide with the opening of the Cabot Circus
Cabot Circus is a covered shopping centre in Bristol, England. It is adjacent to Broadmead, a shopping district in Bristol city centre. The Cabot Circus development area contains shops, offices, a cinema, hotel and 250 apartments. It covers a to ...
shopping mall in Broadmead
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History
The name of the street was first rec ...
. Services were operated by until CT Plus
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took over in April 2012. First West of England resumed operating the services in September 2016.
Service
One regular service operates from the site, using buses with green livery. The site opens at 6:00am with the first bus leaving at 6:15am Monday to Saturday. On Sunday, the site opens at 9:00am with the first bus leaving at 9:30am. The last bus leaves Bristol city centre at 8:30pm Monday to Saturday and 6:00pm on Sunday. The site closes at 9:30pm. The site also serves Ashton Gate Stadium duringBristol Rugby
Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...
and Bristol City
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home fixtures. The AG1 services operates for both 3:00pm and 7:45pm fixtures of both clubs.
Railway
The Severn Beach railway line runs adjacent to the site. It is planned that a new station, , be built to serve the site. The station was allocated £2.2million in June 2017 from the Local Growth Fund, via the West of England local enterprise partnership
In England, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) are voluntary partnerships between local authorities and businesses, set up in 2011 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to help determine local economic priorities and lead econo ...
, and at that time completion was expected in 2019. Spending of £1.5million was later moved to the 2021–22 year. The station is expected to open in summer 2022.
See also
* Bus services in BristolReferences
External links
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