Portbury Railway Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Portbury Railway Station by Martin Tester as part of the Geograph project.
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Portbury Railway Station
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: Unknown
The passenger service on the Portishead branch ended on 5th September 1964 but Portbury station had already closed to all traffic, on 30th April 1962. Goods traffic to & from Portishead, primarily cement, woodpulp, & coal for the power station, continued until 1981. In 2002 the branch was partially re-opened to a point almost 2 miles from Portbury station to serve the new Royal Portbury Dock (opened in 1978). Pressure for the complete branch to be re-opened to passenger traffic started within 2 years of its withdrawal & continues to this day. For a 2009 photo taken from almost the same spot see: Image Date of photo uncertain but circa 1966.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.477732
Longitude
-2.726968