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Fishponds railway station

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Fishponds railway station in 1972
Fishponds railway station in 1972

Fishponds railway station was a station in Fishponds, Bristol, England, a victim of Dr Beeching's cuts in the 1960s. Fishponds station was just south of where Morrisons supermarket car park is today. The railway line was built in 1835 for transport of coal from Coalpit Heath to industry in the centre of Bristol. The station, originally named Fish Ponds, was opened in March 1866, and was renamed Stapleton on 1 April 1866. It was part of the Bristol to Birmingham line of the Midland Railway. The station was renamed Fish Ponds on 1 January 1867, and Fishponds on 1 May 1939. It had two platforms plus a shunting line constructed in 1905 for the Avonside Locomotive Works to move their newly built locomotives onto the main line.

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Fishponds railway station
Bristol & Bath Railway Path, Bristol Fishponds

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Fishponds

Bristol & Bath Railway Path
BS16 3HH Bristol, Fishponds
England, United Kingdom
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Fishponds railway station in 1972
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