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Bristol Parkway railway station, on the South Wales Main Line, is in the Stoke Gifford area of the Bristol conurbation. It is from London Paddington. Its three-letter station code is BPW. The station was opened in 1972 by British Rail, and was the first in a new generation of park and ride stations. It is the third-most heavily used station in the West of England, after and . There are three platforms, and a well-equipped waiting area. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide most of the trains at the station, with CrossCountry providing the rest. The line is not electrified, but will be by 2016 as part of the planned modernisation of the Great Western Main Line. A new platform will also be built, allowing increased services from London. == Description == Bristol Parkway is located in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, in the Stoke Gifford area of the Bristol conurbation. The immediate surrounding area is mostly residential, with farmland to the south east. The main road access is from the west, with the station situated close to the M4, M5 and M32 motorways, the latter being the Bristol "Parkway" from which the station takes its name, as well as the A4174 Avon Ring Road.〔 The station is on the South Wales Main Line from London to Swansea, from the eastern terminus at London Paddington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Railway station data, location B )〕〔Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile.〕 It is also on the Cross Country Route from to . Just to the west of the station is Stoke Gifford Junction, where the Henbury Loop Line to Avonmouth Docks and Cross Country Route to Bristol Temple Meads diverge from the line to South Wales. To the east is a Network Rail maintenance training centre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bristol Parkway Maintenance Centre )〕〔 The next station north along the Cross Country Route is , the next station south is . The next station east along the South Wales Main Line is , the next station west is , however there is only one train per day calling at both Bristol Parkway and Patchway.〔〔〔〔 The station is on an east/west alignment, with the main station building and car park to the north of the line.〔 There is a goods yard adjacent to the station to the south, with two loops for trains to pass.〔〔〔 The station has three platforms, numbered 2, 3 and 4. Platform 2 is to the south of the two main running lines, and serves westbound trains towards Wales and Bristol Temple Meads. Platforms 3 and 4 share an island to the north of the two main running lines, with a further two running lines between platform 4 and the car park.〔 Platform 3 serves mainly inter-city trains towards London and , while platform 4 is usually reserved for local services. There is a metal wall on platform 2, fencing off the goods yard. An enclosed footbridge provides access to the platforms, approximately a third of the way along platforms 2 and 3 (from west to east), and at the west end of platform 4.〔〔 Platforms 2 and 3 are opposite each other, while platform 4 is offset from platform 3, starting at the footbridge and extending further to the east. Platform 2 is long, platform 3 is and platform 4 is . Platforms 3 and 4 are signalled for bidirectional running, while platform 2 is unidirectional.〔 The footbridge can be accessed by both stairs and lifts.〔 The station building, a sweeping metal construction opened in 2001, contains a booking office, waiting rooms, payphones, cash machines, shops, toilets and a café overlooking the tracks. There are waiting rooms on each platform, as well as vending machines and LED displays giving next train information. Ticket barriers are in use at the station. The pay-and-display car park, run by APCOA, has 1,810 spaces.〔〔〔 Bristol Parkway was the first of a new generation of park and ride railway stations, and a large number of passengers use it for that purpose. Over the decade 2002–2012, the number of passengers starting or ending a journey at Bristol Parkway grew by 1 million passengers per year to 2.25 million, with a further 740,000 passengers changing trains there, giving an annual footfall of just under 3 million passengers and making it the 216th busiest station in the country and the third busiest in the West of England (after Bristol Temple Meads and ) .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Travel Plans: National Pilot Programme – Bristol Parkway )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Estimates 2011/12 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Estimates 2002/03 )〕 In the 2006/07 financial year, over 100,000 passengers used Parkway to travel to or from Bristol Temple Meads, and a further 500,000 used it to travel to or from London Paddington. The line through Bristol Parkway has a linespeed of on platforms 2 and 3 ( westbound on platform 3), and on platform 4. The loading gauge is W8, and the line handles over 20 million train tonnes per year. It is not electrified, though it is planned that it will be electrified by 2016 as part of the 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bristol Parkway railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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