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Patchway railway station is on the South Wales Main Line, serving the Bristol suburbs of Patchway and Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is PWY. it is managed by Great Western Railway, which is the third franchise to be responsible for the station since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, mainly a train every hour in each direction between and . The station was opened by the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway in 1863 with a single platform, west of the current location, but was resited in 1885 when the line was widened to double track. The station once had large buildings and a goods yard, but these were demolished in the late 20th century, with small brick shelters built in their place. The line through Patchway is due to be electrified by 2016 as part of the 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line. == Description == Patchway railway station is located in the Patchway area of South Gloucestershire, within the Bristol conurbation. There is a large Rolls-Royce industrial area to the west of the station, while the area to the north and east is primarily residential. To the south is a large amount of railway land, including the Filton Triangle depot. The station is on the South Wales Main Line between and , and just off the Cross Country Route north of and the east end of the Henbury Loop Line. It is from and from via Bristol Parkway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Engineers' Line References: BSW - Bristol and South Wales Union Line )〕〔Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile.〕 The station is just north of Patchway Junctions 1 and 2, where the lines from Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood and Henbury converge.〔〔 The next station east is Bristol Parkway, the next station south is Filton Abbey Wood, and the next station west is .〔〔Passenger services do not currently use the Henbury Loop Line.〕 The station is on a rough north/south alignment, curving towards the west at the north end.〔 There are two platforms, separated by two running lines and connected by an open footbridge.〔 Platform 1, on the east side of the station and adjacent to the Up Tunnel track, is for trains towards Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Parkway. Platform 2, on the west side and adjacent to the Down Tunnel track, is for trains towards Pilning. Both platforms are long, and the tracks have a speed limit of . The line through Patchway has a loading gauge of W8, and handles over 15 million train tonnes per year. It is not electrified, though it is planned to be electrified as part of the 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line.〔 The main access to the station is from Station Road to the east, however there is also a set of steps and a turnstile into the industrial estate to the west.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station facilities for Patchway (PWY) )〕 Facilities at the station are minimal – there are small brick shelters on each platform, but no facilities for buying tickets.〔〔 There are customer help points, giving next train information for both platforms, as well as dot-matrix displays showing the next trains on each platform. A pay and display car park with 15 spaces, and racks for four bicycles, are on the east side of the station on Station Road. CCTV cameras are in operation at the station. Access to the eastern platform is step-free from the car park, however there is no step-free access to trains. The only public access to the western platform is via the stepped footbridge.〔 From 2002 to 2013, annual passenger numbers at Patchway more than quintupled, from 16,898 to 90,404, and the station is noted as having a high growth trend. However, these numbers are still fairly low, and Patchway is only the 2,129th busiest station in Great Britain (of 2,538) and the fifth busiest station in South Gloucestershire, busier only than Pilning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Estimates 2013/14 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Estimates 2002/03 )〕 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「Patchway railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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