|
Parson Street railway station serves the western end of Bedminster in Bristol, England. It also serves other surrounding suburbs including Bishopsworth, Ashton Vale and Ashton Gate, along with Bristol City FC. It is from , and from London Paddington. Its three letter station code is PSN. It was opened in 1927 by the Great Western Railway, and was rebuilt in 1933. The station, which has two through-lines and two platforms, plus one freight line for traffic on the Portishead Branch Line, has minimal facilities. As of 2012, it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the sixth company to be responsible for the station, and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, mainly an hourly service between and . There is local support for the line to be electrified, as an extension of the planned electrification of the London to Bristol route, and the level of service will be increased by two trains per hour between and Bristol when the Portishead Branch Line reopens to passengers in 2019. == Description == The station is built in a cutting in the western end of Bedminster, on the Bristol to Exeter Line from London Paddington and from .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Engineers' Line References: MLN1 Paddington to North Road Junction )〕〔Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile.〕 It is the second station along the line from Bristol Temple Meads. The surrounding area is mostly residential, with some industrial buildings to the north-east.〔 There are two island platforms, each long, but only the first are in use, the rest fenced off. The platforms are on an alignment of roughly 60 degrees, with a slight curve. The southern island's northern face, platform 1, is for westbound trains; and the southern face of the northern island, platform 2, is for eastbound trains. The track on the southern side of the southern island has been removed, while the track to the northern side of the northern island is only accessible to trains to or from the Portishead Branch Line and Liberty Lane Freightliner terminal – no passenger trains use this. The speed limit through the station is on the main lines and on the freight line. The station is surrounded on all sides by the A38 road, which splits the carriageways at this point, with the station in between. The line runs under the road at both ends of the station. Access between the platforms is via steps to the A38 at the east end of the platforms. There is no disabled access.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parson Street (PSN) )〕 Facilities at the station are minimal – there is a metal and glass shelter on each of the two islands as well as on the bridge. The station is completely unstaffed, and there are no facilities for buying tickets. There are customer help points, giving next train information for both platforms. There is no car park or taxi rank, nor is there any cycle storage available.〔 There are several bus stops nearby.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parson Street Station: Onward Travel Information )〕 Just to the west of the station is Parson Street Junction, where the Portishead Branch diverges from the main line, heading north.〔 The South Liberty Lane goods depot is adjacent to the junction, in the triangle between the main line, the Portishead Branch and the now-disused western connection between the branch and the 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「Parson Street railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|