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Avonmouth Docks railway station was in the
Avonmouth Avonmouth is a port and outer suburb of Bristol, England, facing two rivers: the reinforced north bank of the final stage of the Avon which rises at sources in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset; and the eastern shore of the Severn Estuar ...
district of Bristol. It was opened by the
Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
on 9 May 1910 as a terminus for trains on the
Henbury Loop Line The Henbury Loop Line, also known as the Filton to Avonmouth Line, is a railway line following the boundary between Bristol and South Gloucestershire between the Severn Beach Line at Hallen Marsh Junction, Avonmouth and the Cross Country Rout ...
. The last train to the station ran on 22 March 1915, after which it was closed as a wartime economy measure. It officially closed on 28 April 1919.


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Avonmouth railway station (disambiguation) Avonmouth railway station is on the Severn Beach Line, serving the Avonmouth district of Bristol. Avonmouth railway station may also refer to: *Avonmouth railway station (Bristol Port Railway and Pier) Avonmouth railway station was the t ...
Disused railway stations in Bristol Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1910 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1919 Former Great Western Railway stations Docks railway station {{Bristol-struct-stub