2021
ST4776 : Portishead 1st railway station (site), Somerset
taken 3 years ago, near to Portishead, North Somerset, England
Portishead 1st railway station (site), Somerset
Opened in 1867 as the normal terminus (the line was extended further to Portishead Pier for occasional passenger traffic) of the Bristol & Portishead Railway. This became part of the Great Western Railway. This station closed in 1954 when the site was required for a power station, being replaced by a station closer to the town centre. The power station in turn has since been demolished and the site is now housing and a school.
View south west approximately along the line of the track-bed towards Portbury and Bristol, with the main station building having been to the right of image. Portishead Pier station was a few hundred metres behind the camera position.
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