Ashton Gate was a stop in Bristol on the Portishead Railway between
Parson Street and
Clifton Bridge.
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Portishead Railway) |
| Opened: |
1906 |
| Closed: |
1984 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1906 as
Ashton Gate Platform to serve Bristol City football club (their ground being Ashton Gate). The station was closed in 1917 as a wartime economy measure and did not re-open until 1926. The station was renamed Ashton Gate soon afterwards. It was known as
Ashton Gate Halt in the early 1960s.
The station was closed again in 1964 but re-opened for football traffic before being closed again in 1977. In 1984 the station was re-opened for a series of Billy Graham rallies at the football ground before being closed for good. The line through Ashton Gate is planned to be re-opened for passenger trains though as yet no firm plans to re-open Ashton Gate (again!)
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A DMU calls at Ashton Gate (KD collection)
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