Kelston railway station

Coordinates: 51°24.3245′N 2°27.0143′W / 51.4054083°N 2.4502383°W

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Kelston for Saltford
General information
Location	Kelston, Bath and North East Somerset England
Grid reference	ST688671
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 December 1869	Opened
1 January 1949	Closed

Railways in the Bristol area

Legend

Cross Country Route

Thornbury branch line

Yate

South Wales Main Line

New Passage Pier

Westerleigh Junction

New Passage Halt

Cross Hands Halt

South Wales Main Line

via Severn Tunnel

Pilning

Severn Beach

Coalpit Heath

Severn View Industrial Park

Winterbourne

Chittening Industrial Estate

Bristol Parkway

Patchway

Smoke Lane Industrial Estate

Ram Hill Colliery

Chittening Platform

Hallen Halt

Avonmouth Docks

Henbury

St Andrews Road

Charlton Halt

Avonmouth (BPR&P)

North Filton Platform

Avonmouth (Royal Edward)

Stoke Gifford depot

Avonmouth Docks

Westerleigh Goods Depot

Avonmouth

Avonmouth Light Railway

Filton Junction

Avonmouth Docks

Mangotsfield

(1845–1869)

Clifton Down

(1869–1966)

Warmley

Hotwells

Narroways Hill Junction

Stapleton Road sidings

Grey line represents

Stapleton Road

boundary of Bristol

Oldland Common

unitary authority area

Avon Valley Railway

Waste depot

St Mary Redcliffe tunnel

Avon Riverside

Bristol Temple Meads

Princes' Wharf

Kelston

Bristol Harbour Railway

St Philip's Marsh T&RSMD

SS Great Britain

East Depot

Bristol Docks (North)

Bedminster

Bristol Docks (South)

Parson Street

CREATE Centre

Mangotsfield to Bath line

South Liberty Lane Depot

Nightingale Valley Halt

Long Ashton

Ham Green Halt

Bristol–Exeter line

Portbury shipyard

Bristol & North Somerset Rly

Portbury Shipyard

Saltford

Portbury

Great Western Main Line

(1954–1964)

Portishead

Weston, Clevedon and

Portishead Light Railway

(1879–1954)

Portishead

Portishead Pier

Kelston was a small railway station about four miles west of Bath on the Midland Railway's Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line.

History

Kelston Station was opened in 1869 when the Midland Railway opened its Mangotsfield to Bath branchline. The station was located a short distance across some fields from the village of Kelston and closer to the village of Saltford on the other side of the River Avon, which it was connected to by a footpath that ran alongside the railway on the bridge over the river. For many years the station was known as "Kelston (for Saltford)", although Saltford had its own station on the Great Western Main Line.
The station generated little traffic apart from race days at Bath Racecourse, which could be reached by a three-mile trek over the fields, mostly uphill, or regatta days at Saltford.
The station closed at the end of 1948, although the line remained open for passenger traffic until March 1966 and for goods to Bath Gasworks until 1971.

The station was destroyed by fire in 1882.^[1]

Services

The station was served by local trains between Bristol St Philips or Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Green Park via Mangotsfield and Bitton.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bitton Line closed; station open		Midland Railway Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line		Weston (Bath) Line and station closed

Future

The Avon Valley Railway plans to reopen Kelston station as part of their southern extension to Bath.

Preceding station	Proposed Heritage railways			Following station
Avon Riverside		Avon Valley Railway		Bath Newbridge

References

^ "A new railway station in Bristol". Western Daily Press. 8 November 1882. Retrieved 9 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Somerset Railway stations by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2002.

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