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St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrew's Road and serves a large industrial area near to
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, Bristol, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by
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. This station is north-west from
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on the Severn Beach Line. All trains serving it are operated by and the station is managed by
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.
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also operate coal trains to the
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in Wales on an 'as required' basis and formerly to the now closed
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from the adjacent bulk freight terminal. For many years, it has been the least used railway station in Bristol.


History

The station was opened in March 1917 for workmen, but closed on 13 November 1922. It reopened on 30 June 1924 as a public station. For many years the station had an infrequent service in each direction, but this was increased to hourly in the December 2021 timetable change.


Service

All services at St Andrews Road are operated by
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using ''Turbo''
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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to * 1 tph to The station is also served by one early morning service on weekdays that extends beyond Bristol to and one Sunday afternoon service that continues to .


References in popular culture

St Andrew's Road station was featured in the
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series ''Paul Merton's Secret Stations'' Season 1 Episode 2 broadcast on 8 May 2016. This series features British comedian
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visiting various request stop railway stations around Britain.


See also

*
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* List of all UK railway stations *
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References


External links


A video of coal being loaded at St Andrew's Road2019 YouTube video by Geoff Marshall about the station
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