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Shirehampton railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Shirehampton in Bristol, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is SHH. The station has a single platform which serves trains in both directions. 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 forty minutes in each direction between and . The station was opened in 1865 as the headquarters of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, a railway which ran along the River Avon from to a pier at Avonmouth, and was linked to the national network in 1877. The station had a single platform to begin with, but was rebuilt with a second in 1903, as well as a signal box and a goods yard. By the 1930s the station had ten staff. The Severn Beach Line declined over the latter half of the twentieth century, with passenger numbers falling significantly. Goods services at Shirehampton ended in 1965, and all staff were withdrawn in 1967. The second platform and signal box were taken out of use in 1970, with the station buildings sold off and later destroyed by fire. Services had decreased to ten per day each direction by 2005, but have since increased to twenty-four trains per day. ==Description== The station is located in the Shirehampton district of Bristol, a primarily residential area on the north bank of the River Avon near the Severn Estuary. The A4 Bristol Portway is just to the north of the station, with a commercial vehicle hire depot in between. The railway crosses Station Road directly to the west of the station, and is bridged by Hung Road slightly to the east. The station is on the Severn Beach Line from to , from Temple Meads and from Severn Beach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Engineers' Line References: CNX Clifton Extension Line )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Engineers' Line References: AMB Avonmouth Branch )〕〔Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile.〕 It is the seventh station from Temple Meads. The next station towards Temple Meads is ; the next station towards Severn Beach is . The station is on an east-west alignment, curving towards the north.〔 There is a single -long platform which serves trains in both directions, situated on the north side of the track. The station's southern platform was abandoned in 1970 and is overgrown. The station is only accessible via a footpath from the car park on Station Road, which is just off the A4 Portway.〔 Timetable information is provided at the station; help points show next train information and allow users to contact railway staff. There is no ticket office or other means for buying or collecting tickets. There is a car park with 10 spaces on Station Road, as well as stands for four bicycles.〔 The nearest bus stops are on the A4 Portway. The line through Shirehampton has a speed limit of for locomotive-hauled trains and for diesel multiple units. The line, which is not electrified, handles less than 5 million train tonnes per year, has a loading gauge of W6 and a route availability of 7.〔 , approximately 50,000 passengers used Shirehampton station, making it the 1,915th busiest station in the country and the eleventh busiest within the Bristol unitary authority area, busier only than . This was an increase of 34% from the 2002–03 financial year, and reflected a general rise in usage of the Severn Beach Line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Estimates 2002/03 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Usage Estimates 2012/13 )〕〔Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shirehampton, from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.〕 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「Shirehampton railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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