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{{Short description|Railway station in Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, England}}
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{{Infobox station
| name               = Bristol Parkway
| symbol_location    = gb
| symbol             = rail
| image              = Bristol Parkway railway station MMB 07.jpg
| caption            = A 2009 view of Bristol Parkway station from the west, prior to electric wires being erected/installed through the station
| borough            = [[Stoke Gifford]], [[South Gloucestershire]]
| country            = England
| coordinates        = {{coord|51.51360|-2.54270|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name          = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position      = {{gbmapscaled|ST624795|25|ST624795}}
| manager            = [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]
| platforms          = 4
| code               = BPW
| classification     = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] B
| original           = [[Western Region of British Railways]]
| years              = 1 May 1972
| events             = Station opened
| years2             = 1 July 2001
| events2            = Refurbishment completed
| years3             = 9 May 2007
| events3            = Third platform opened
| years4             = 13 April 2018
| events4            = Fourth platform opened
| mpassengers        = {{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 2.372 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.783 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.367 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 0.132 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 1.414 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.549 million}} 
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 1.824 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.678 million}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 2.069 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 0.902 million}}
| footnotes          = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
}}
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'''Bristol Parkway''', on the [[South Wales Main Line]], serves the villages of [[Stoke Gifford]] and [[Harry Stoke]] in [[South Gloucestershire]], England. Despite its name, it is located in [[Gloucestershire]] rather than [[Bristol]] itself, and is the busiest station in the county. It is {{convert|112|miles|km}} from [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]]. The station was opened in 1972 by [[British Rail]] and rebuilt in 2001. It is the third-most heavily used station in the [[West of England Combined Authority|West of England combined authority]] area, after [[Bristol Temple Meads]] and {{rws|Bath Spa}}. There are four platforms, and a well-equipped waiting area. The station is managed by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]], who provide most of the trains at the station, with [[CrossCountry]] providing the rest.

Electrification using [[25 kV 50 Hz AC]] overhead system reached Bristol Parkway in late 2018, and electric trains in the [[Swindon]] and London direction commenced passenger service on 30 December 2018. This was part of the [[21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line]].

== Description ==
Bristol Parkway is located in the unitary authority of [[South Gloucestershire]], in the [[Stoke Gifford]] area of the [[Bristol urban area|Bristol conurbation]]. The immediate surrounding area is mostly residential, with farmland to the south east.<ref name="OS">{{cite book |title=OS Landranger Map 172 – Bristol & Bath |year=2008 |publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]] |location=[[Southampton]] |isbn=978-0-319-22914-9}}</ref> The main road access is from the west, with the station situated close to the [[M4 motorway|M4]], [[M5 motorway|M5]] and [[M32 motorway]]s – the latter being the Bristol "Parkway" from which the station takes its name<ref name="bbchistory">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_7767000/7767453.stm|title=M32 'like dagger thrust' into city|access-date=22 September 2013|date=9 December 2008|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> – as well as the [[A4174 road|A4174 Avon Ring Road]].<ref name="OS"/> The station is on the [[South Wales Main Line]] from London to [[Swansea]], {{convert|111|mi|68|chain|km|2}} from the eastern terminus at [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]].<ref name="StnELR">{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/stations/stationb.shtm|title=Railway station data, location B|access-date=22 September 2013|author=Deaves, Phil}}</ref><ref name="chains" group="note">Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in [[Chain (unit)|miles and chains]]. There are 80 chains to the mile.</ref> It is also on the [[Cross Country Route]] from {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} to {{rws|York}}.

Just to the west of the station is Stoke Gifford Junction, where the [[Henbury Loop Line]] to [[Avonmouth Docks]] and Cross Country Route to Temple Meads diverge from the line to South Wales.<ref name="Baker">{{cite book|first=S.K.|last=Baker|title=Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland|edition=12th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-86093-632-9|publisher=Ian Allan}}</ref> [[Stoke Gifford depot|Stoke Gifford train maintenance depot]] is within the junction's confines.<ref name="depotapproval">{{Cite news |date=2 February 2012 |title=Bristol rail depot scheme given planning approval |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16834629 |access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> To the east is a [[Network Rail]] maintenance training centre.<ref name="curtins">{{cite web|url=http://www.curtins.com/projects/transport/bristol-parkway-maintenance-centre.html |title=Bristol Parkway Maintenance Centre |publisher=Curtins |access-date=24 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928014548/http://www.curtins.com/projects/transport/bristol-parkway-maintenance-centre.html |archive-date=28 September 2013 }}</ref><ref name="ontrack" /> The next station north along the Cross Country Route is {{rws|Yate}}, the next station south is {{rws|Filton Abbey Wood}}. The next station east along the South Wales Main Line is {{rws|Swindon}}, and the next station west is {{rws|Patchway}}, although only two trains per day call at both Bristol Parkway and Patchway.<ref name="Baker" /><ref name="FGWTTC1" /><ref name="FGWTTC4" /><ref name="XC" />

The station is on an east–west alignment, with the main station building and car park to the north of the line.<ref name="nrfacilities" /> There are six lines through the station, of which the inner four have platforms, the outer two being goods loops. There is a goods yard adjacent to the station to the south.<ref name="OS" /><ref name="Baker" /><ref name="nrwrspeed" /> The station has four platforms, numbered 1 to 4 from south to north. Platforms 1 and 2 share an island to the south of the two central lines; platform 1 is on the south side of the island and serves mainly southbound trains towards Bristol Temple Meads. Platform 2 is on the north side of the island and serves westbound trains towards Wales and Bristol Temple Meads. Platforms 3 and 4 share an island to the north of the two central running lines. Platform 3 serves mainly inter-city trains towards London and {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}, while platform 4 is usually reserved for local services. 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 platforms 1 and 4.<ref name="nrfacilities" /><ref name="Oakley" /> Platforms 2 and 3 are opposite each other, while platforms 1 and 4 are offset from platform 3, starting at the footbridge and extending further to the east. All platforms are {{convert|280|m|yd}} long. Platforms 1, 3 and 4 are signalled for bidirectional running, while platform 2 is unidirectional.<ref name="nrwrspeed" /> The footbridge can be accessed by both stairs and lifts.<ref name="nrfacilities" />

The station building, a metal construction with a curved roof, opened in 2001.<ref name="Oakley">{{cite book|title=Gloucestershire Railway Stations|author=Oakley, Mike|year=2003|publisher=The Dovecote Press|location=[[Wimborne Minster|Wimbourne, Dorset]]|isbn=1-904349-24-2|pages=29–30}}</ref> It 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|pay-and-display]] car park, run by [[APCOA Parking|APCOA]], has 1,810 spaces.<ref name="nrfacilities" /><ref name="RAIL728-regional" /><ref name="atocstp" /><ref name="insidercarpark">{{cite news|url=http://www.insidermedia.com/insider/south-west/122939-/|title=Bristol Parkway Extension Launched|date=9 September 2014|access-date=9 September 2014|publisher=Insider Media Ltd}}</ref>

Bristol Parkway was among the first of a new generation of [[park and ride]] railway stations, and many 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 {{rws|Bath Spa}}) {{as of|2012|alt=as of the 2011/12 financial year}}.<ref name="atocstp">{{cite web|url=http://www.stationtravelplans.com/view-the-pilots?pilot_id=21|title=Station Travel Plans: National Pilot Programme – Bristol Parkway|publisher=[[Association of Train Operating Companies]]|access-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016020349/http://www.stationtravelplans.com/view-the-pilots?pilot_id=21|archive-date=16 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ORR1112">{{cite web|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xlsx/station_usage_estimates_1112.xlsx|title=Station Usage Estimates 2011/12|publisher=[[Office of Rail and Road]]|access-date=23 September 2013}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="ORR0203">{{cite web|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/stat_usage.xls|title=Station Usage Estimates 2002/03|publisher=[[Office of Rail and Road]]|access-date=23 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010205/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/stat_usage.xls|archive-date=28 September 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the 2006/07 financial year, over 100,000 passengers used Parkway to travel to or from Bristol Temple Meads,<ref name="RUSBRI">{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/great%20western/great%20western%20rus%20baseline%20information/09.%20passenger%20demand/gw%20rus%20flows%20to%20from%20bristol%20.pdf|title=Great Western Route Utilisation Strategy – Key Flows to/from Bristol|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|access-date=23 September 2013|date=2006–2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001083959/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/great%20western/great%20western%20rus%20baseline%20information/09.%20passenger%20demand/gw%20rus%20flows%20to%20from%20bristol%20.pdf|archive-date=1 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a further 500,000 used it to travel to or from London Paddington.<ref name="RUSPAD">{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/great%20western/great%20western%20rus%20baseline%20information/09.%20passenger%20demand/gw%20rus%20flows%20to%20from%20paddington.pdf|title=Great Western Route Utilisation Strategy – Key Flows to/from London Paddington|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|access-date=23 September 2013|date=2006–2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927182929/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/great%20western/great%20western%20rus%20baseline%20information/09.%20passenger%20demand/gw%20rus%20flows%20to%20from%20paddington.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The line through Bristol Parkway has a linespeed of {{convert|60|mph|kph}} on platforms 2 and 3 ({{convert|40|mph|kph}} westbound on platform 3), and {{convert|25|mph|kph}} on platform 4.<ref name="nrwrspeed">{{cite web|url=http://archive.nr.co.uk/browse%20documents/sectional%20appendix/sectional%20appendix%20full%20pdf%20copies/western%20sectional%20appendix.pdff |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://archive.nr.co.uk/browse%20documents/sectional%20appendix/sectional%20appendix%20full%20pdf%20copies/western%20sectional%20appendix.pdff |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Western Route Sectional Appendix|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|date=3 March 2018|access-date=25 April 2018|page=248}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[loading gauge]] is [[Loading gauge#Great Britain|W8]], and the line handles over 20 million train tonnes per year.<ref name="NR13GWML">{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3111_Route_2013_Great_Western_Main_Line.pdf|title=Route 13: Great Western Main Line|year=2006|access-date=23 September 2013|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014212403/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3111_Route_2013_Great_Western_Main_Line.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The lines through the station were electrified in late 2018 as part of the [[21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line]].<ref name="vision">{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/uploadedFiles/networkrailcouk/Contents/Improvements/The_Great_Western/WesternVision.pdf|title=Modernising the Great Western|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|access-date=9 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413065743/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/uploadedFiles/networkrailcouk/Contents/Improvements/The_Great_Western/WesternVision.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Services ==
===Rail===
[[File:Bristol Parkway railway station MMB 2019-08-01 6130.jpg|thumb|Bristol Parkway is served by intercity services operated by [[CrossCountry]] and [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]. Here, a northbound CrossCountry service (right) passes a westbound Great Western Railway service.]]
[[File:Bristol Parkway railway station 2019-05-04 47781771851.jpg|thumb|A Great Western Railway service from Swansea to London.]]
[[File:GWR Class 158 BPW.jpg|alt=|thumb|Local stopping services operated by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] serve the station as well. Here a Class 158 awaits its next duties.]]
The station is managed by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]], who operate most rail services from the station.<ref name="nrfacilities">{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/bpw/details.aspx |title=Bristol Parkway (BPW) |publisher=[[National Rail]] |access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> Their weekday service consists of two trains per hour each way between {{rws|London Paddington}} and {{rws|Cardiff Central}} (one extended to {{rws|Swansea}}), one service each way between {{rws|Westbury}} and {{rws|Gloucester}} via {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}, and one train per hour between {{rws|Worcester Foregate Street}} and Temple Meads (one train every two hours extended to {{rws|Great Malvern}} and {{rws|Weymouth}}).<ref name="FGWTTC1">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC01_Web.ashx |title=Central 1: Guide to train times 8 December 2013 to 17 May 2014 – London to Bristol, Cheltenham Spa and South Wales |date=November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=[[First Great Western]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011350/http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC01_Web.ashx |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FGWTTC4">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC04_Web.ashx |title=Central 4: Guide to train times 8 December 2013 to 17 May 2014 – Cardiff and Bristol to Weston-super-Mare and Taunton |date=November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=[[First Great Western]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011939/http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC04_Web.ashx |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FGWTTC5">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC05_Web.ashx |title=Central 5: Guide to train times 8 December 2013 to 17 May 2014 – Bristol to Gloucester, Cheltenham Spa and the Malverns |date=November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=[[First Great Western]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014823/http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC05_Web.ashx |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}</ref>

[[CrossCountry]] also operate trains from Bristol Parkway. Their weekday service consists of one hourly train each way between Bristol Temple Meads and {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}, and one hourly train each way between {{rws|Plymouth}}, Bristol and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] via {{rws|Leeds}} and [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]]. Both these services run via {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}.<ref name="FGWTTC1"/><ref name="XC">{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151382/manchester_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|title=Manchester to the South West & South Coast|publisher=[[CrossCountry]]|access-date=29 September 2013|date=May 2013|archive-date=21 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721204653/http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151382/manchester_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="XC2">{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151391/scotland_the_north_east_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|title=Scotland, the North East to the South West and South Coast|access-date=29 September 2013|publisher=[[CrossCountry]]|date=May 2013|archive-date=17 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717082149/http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151391/scotland_the_north_east_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Great Western Railway services between London and South Wales are formed of [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800]] or [[British Rail Class 802|Class 802]] [[Electro-diesel multiple unit|bi-mode multiple units]],<ref name="FGWTTC1"/> while other GWR services are formed using [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3]] "Castle Class" sets, [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]], [[British Rail Class 165|165]] and [[British Rail Class 166|166]] [[diesel multiple-unit]] trains.<ref>{{cite news |title=LOROL Class 150s all with FGW |author=Miles, Tony |work=[[Modern Railways]] |location =London |date= December 2010 |page=90}}</ref><ref name="nytbl">{{cite journal | author = Salveson, Paul | editor = Abell, Paul | date = June 2012 | title = Severn Beach: Not your typical branch line! | journal = [[Today's Railways UK]] | issue =126 | pages =42–47 | location =[[Sheffield]] | publisher =[[Platform 5]] }}</ref><ref name="166start">{{cite news|url=http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/15618769.Taunton_bound_passengers_from_Bristol_to_benefit_from_trains_with_more_seats_and_better_WiFi/|title=Taunton-bound passengers from Bristol to benefit from trains with more seats and better WiFi|date=25 October 2017|access-date=27 October 2017|work=[[County Gazette]]|publisher=[[Newsquest]]}}</ref><ref name="RAILtest">{{cite news|url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/rail-features/does-great-western-railway-s-class-800-iet-pass-the-test|title=Does Great Western Railway's Class 800 IET pass the test?|date=25 January 2018|access-date=25 April 2018|work=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|volume=841}}</ref> CrossCountry services are formed of {{brc|220}} and {{brc|221|n}} Voyager [[diesel-electric multiple unit]]s.<ref name="XC"/>

The standard journey time to London Paddington is 90 minutes, to Cardiff Central 40 minutes, to Birmingham New Street 75 minutes, and to Bristol Temple Meads 12 minutes.<ref name="FGWTTC1"/><ref name="XC"/>

In December 2022, the [[Office of Rail and Road|ORR]] gave approval to the [[Open-access operator|open access]] company [[Grand Union (train operating company)|Grand Union]] to commence a service from Paddington to Carmarthen in partnership with Spanish rail operator [[Renfe]], for which a fleet of new bi-mode trains will be used. The new service is scheduled to commence in December 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63819582 | title = Trains: Plans for new London-west Wales services approved |date=1 December 2022 |website=BBC News |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> The service will call at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff Central, [[Gowerton railway station|Gowerton]] and Llanelli en-route to Carmarthen, and will provide Bristol Parkway with regular non-stop trains to London.<ref>ORR approves Grand Union London - Carmarthern trains ''Rail'' issue 972 14 December 2022 page 17</ref> In December 2024, following [[FirstGroup|FirstGroup's]] acquisition of [[Grand Union (train operating company)|Grand Union Trains]], it was announced the proposed [[London Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] to [[Carmarthen railway station|Carmarthen]] service would be operated by Lumo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://otp.tools.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?newsid=1890969&cid=858|title=Open access rail acquisition and new services application|publisher=FirstGroup|access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>

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===Bus===
Bristol Parkway is served by bus routes linking it with the rest of Bristol and South Gloucestershire, including [[Avonmouth]], [[Severn Beach]], [[Cribbs Causeway]], [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Temple Meads]], [[Southmead Hospital]], [[Chipping Sodbury]] and [[Yate]]. These routes are operated by [[First West of England]] and [[Stagecoach West]].<ref name="onward">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/BPW.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/BPW.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Bristol Parkway Station – Onward Travel Information|date=2012–2013|access-date=23 September 2013|publisher=[[National Rail]]}}</ref><ref name="travelwestGreater">{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/travelwest/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GBBN-Jan-2018-COMPLETE.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/travelwest/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GBBN-Jan-2018-COMPLETE.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Bristol Bus Network Map|date=January 2018|access-date=25 April 2018|publisher=Travel West }}</ref> [[MetroBus (Bristol)|Metrobus]] route m4<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stokegiffordjournal.co.uk/2022/12/08/m4-metrobus-cribbs-bristol-parkway-starts-january/|title=New M4 MetroBus service (Cribbs to Bristol via Parkway) to start in January - Stoke Gifford Journal|date=8 December 2022 }}</ref> started on 22 January 2023, connecting Cribbs Causeway via Parkway to Bristol.

== History ==
[[File:4079 at Bristol Parkway.jpg|thumb|[[GWR 4073 Class 4079 Pendennis Castle|Steam locomotive ''Pendennis Castle'']] at Bristol Parkway in 1977.]]
[[File:Working empties at Bristol Parkway.jpg|thumb|A {{brc|33}} locomotive hauls a freight train through Bristol Parkway in 1980. The walls behind the platforms had been added by this time.]]
[[File:Bristol Parkway railway station MMB 03.jpg|thumb|The current station building was built in 2000.]]
[[File:BristolParkway02.jpg|thumb|A westbound [[First Great Western]] [[InterCity 125|HST set]] at Bristol Parkway in 2006. The site of what would become platform 4 can be seen, as can the platforms for the [[Royal Mail]] depot.]]
The line through Bristol Parkway was opened in 1903 as part of the [[Great Western Railway]]'s "[[Badminton railway line|Badminton Line]]" from [[Wootton Bassett]] to {{rws|Patchway}}, a short-cut for trains from London to South Wales, avoiding [[Bath Spa railway station|Bath]] and {{rws|Chippenham}}.<ref name="Oakley"/> The station was built on the site of the Stoke Gifford marshalling yard, which closed on 4 October 1971, having become surplus to requirements with the cessation of [[wagonload freight]] trains.<ref name="badminton">{{cite book|title=GWR: The Badminton Line – Portrait of a Railway|author1=Robertson, Kevin |author2=Abbot, David |isbn=0-86299-459-4|publisher=[[Alan Sutton Publishing]]|year=1988|pages=202–206}}</ref> The station's development was seen as a response to the potential growth of housing and commercial developments in north Bristol, with proximity to the [[M4 motorway|M4]] and [[M5 motorway|M5]] motorway interchange at [[Almondsbury Interchange|Almondsbury]] also important.<ref name="Oakley"/> The name "Parkway" came from proximity to the [[M32 motorway]], known as the Bristol Parkway,<ref name="bbchistory"/> although the term Parkway has since been applied to park and ride stations throughout the United Kingdom.<ref name="Baker"/> When the station was built it was outside the developed urban area, but the growth of housing and commercial development in adjoining areas of the [[North Fringe of Bristol|North Fringe]] has brought it within the conurbation, with many large office complexes opened nearby.<ref name="OS"/><ref name="atocstp"/><ref name="OS1946">{{cite book |title=OS 1" 7th Series No. 156 – Bristol & Stroud |year=1946 |publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]] |location=[[Southampton]]}}</ref><ref name="aerial">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbarch.org.uk/History_SG_V3.40/Aerial_Photographs/Aerial_Photos.shtml |title=History of Stoke Gifford – Aerial Photographs of the Parish |editor=Kerton, Adrian |access-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224306/http://www.sbarch.org.uk/History_SG_V3.40/Aerial_Photographs/Aerial_Photos.shtml |archive-date= 4 October 2013 }}</ref>

The station, owned by [[British Rail]], opened on 1 May 1972.<ref name="Butt">{{Butt-Stations| page=44}}</ref> Services were operated by the [[Western Region of British Rail|Western Region]] until British Rail was split into business-led sectors in the 1980s, after which Parkway was served by the [[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]] and [[Regional Railways]] divisions. The original structures, built by Stone & Co. of Bristol, were basic – two island platforms connected by an open metal footbridge, with a wood and brick building containing the booking facilities and waiting rooms. Platform 1 (the current platform 3), on the north side of the tracks, was for trains towards London and Birmingham, and platform 2 was for trains towards Wales and Bristol Temple Meads.<ref name="Oakley"/> The platforms were {{convert|256|m|yd}} long.<ref name="nrwrspeedOLD">{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/baseline%20capability/track%20and%20route%20mileage,%20permissible%20line%20speeds/table%20a_track_and_route%20miles_linespeed_western%20route.pdf|title=Network Capability – Baseline Declaration: (1) Track and Route mileage: (2) Line-speeds: Western Route|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|date=1 April 2009|access-date=11 October 2013|page=220|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014210923/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/baseline%20capability/track%20and%20route%20mileage,%20permissible%20line%20speeds/table%20a_track_and_route%20miles_linespeed_western%20route.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The station opened with a 600-space car park and a fastest journey to London of 95 minutes, which was subsequently reduced to 75 minutes with the introduction of the new [[InterCity 125|High Speed Trains]] in 1976.<ref name="brpublicity">{{cite web|url=https://dlib.york.ac.uk/yodl/app/home/detail?id=york%3a852777&ref=browse|title= Is collecting railway ephemera an archaeological task? |work=Institute of Railway Studies Research Workshop on 'railway ephemera'|author=Forsythe, Robert|date=13 December 2000|access-date=4 October 2013|publisher=[[University of York]]}}</ref><ref name="badminton"/><ref name="maggs21">{{cite book|title=Rail Centres: Bristol (#21)|author=Maggs, Colin G|author-link=Colin Maggs|year=2008|orig-year=First published 1981|publisher=Booklaw Publications|location=[[Nottingham]]|edition=3rd|pages=26–27|isbn=978-1-901945-30-0}}</ref> Platform canopies were added in 1973, along with a cover for the footbridge. Further minor improvements were implemented over the next thirty years, including a new booking office and extensions to the car park.<ref name="Oakley"/>

Following the [[privatisation of British Rail]] in 1997, services at Bristol Parkway were franchised to several [[Train operating company|train operating companies]]. South Wales Main Line services were provided by Great Western Trains, which was later rebranded as First Great Western;<ref name="gravy">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rail-bosses-cash-in-on-privatised-gravy-train-1148696.html|title=Rail bosses cash in on privatised gravy train|date=7 March 1998|access-date=29 September 2013|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> services from Bristol to Birmingham and the north were operated by [[Virgin CrossCountry]];<ref name="xcconsult">{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/archive/2006/nccfc/rosscountryfranchisecons1747.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902212909/http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/archive/2006/nccfc/rosscountryfranchisecons1747.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2009|title=New Cross Country Franchise Consultation Document|date=June 2006|access-date=29 September 2013|publisher=[[Department for Transport]]|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and local services were franchised to [[Wales & West]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/operators/franchises.shtm|title=UK railway franchises|date=5 May 2015|access-date=6 May 2015|author=Deaves, Phil}}</ref> which was succeeded in 2001 by [[Wessex Trains]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesandwest.co.uk/ |title=Wales and West |publisher=[[Wales & West]] |access-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314050333/http://www.walesandwest.co.uk/ |archive-date=14 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> The Wessex franchise was amalgamated with the Great Western franchise into the [[Greater Western franchise]] from 2006, and awarded to First Great Western, which became known as [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theironroad.net/Operator/Train-Operating-Companies/Wessex-Trains/|title=Wessex Trains |work=The Iron Road: Railway Photography by Scott Borthwick|access-date=29 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4523592.stm |title= FirstGroup wins rail franchises |date=13 December 2005 |access-date=27 April 2012 |work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="bids">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13351368 |title= First Great Western bids for longer rail franchise deal |work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]] |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=27 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="fgwgwr">{{cite news|url=http://railnews.co.uk/news/2015/09/21-the-great-western-railway-is.html|title=The Great Western Railway is back in business|date=21 September 2015|access-date=21 September 2015|work=[[Railnews]]}}</ref> Virgin CrossCountry services were taken over by [[Arriva CrossCountry]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/franchises/winnernewcrosscounty |title=New rail franchise to increase capacity between major cities |publisher=[[Department for Transport]] |date=10 July 2007 |access-date=29 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812032658/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/franchises/winnernewcrosscounty |archive-date=12 August 2007 }}</ref>

In the August 1998, [[Royal Mail]] began construction of a mail terminal to the east of the station, taking over some of the station car park to provide a platform and warehouse for postal trains.<ref>{{cite news|title=Temple Meads loses out as work starts on new Parkway mail centre|work=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|location=[[Peterborough]]|volume=334|date= 1 July 1998|page=16}}</ref> The {{convert|12000|ft2|m2}} building opened on 15 May 2000, replacing a similar facility at Bristol Temple Meads, with the Royal Mail stating it would save {{convert|250000|miles|km}} of lorry journeys per year on local roads.<ref name="Oakley"/><ref name="postpost"/><ref>"Bristol Mail hub opens" ''[[The Railway Magazine]]'' issue 1191 July 2000 page 97</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Royal Mail terminal opens at Bristol Parkway|work=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|location=[[Peterborough]]|volume=384|date=31 May 2000|page=7}}</ref> However, the depot closed only four years later in 2004, when Royal Mail ceased to use the rail network.<ref name="parlipost">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN02251.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN02251.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Railways: Royal Mail services, 2003–|date=13 April 2010|author=Butcher, Louise|access-date=29 September 2013|publisher=[[House of Commons Library]]}}</ref> Royal Mail offered the terminal for use by freight companies, but as there were no takers it was demolished in October 2007.<ref name="postpost">{{cite news|title=Ex-mail Depot Set For New Use|publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]|work=[[Bristol Evening Post]]|date=3 July 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Not even four year's use... demolished|work=[[The Railway Magazine]]|volume=1281|date= January 2008| page= 9}}</ref> In 2008, Network Rail opened a maintenance training centre on the site in a £2.5 million project which saw the construction of a [[mezzanine]] floor, a welding workshop and a {{convert|4000|ft2|m2}} extension.<ref name="curtins"/><ref name="ontrack">{{cite news|title=The Bristol training centre putting engineers on track|work=This is Bristol|publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]|date=8 August 2008|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-training-centre-putting-engineers-track/story-11312755-detail/story.html|access-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130929111101/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-training-centre-putting-engineers-track/story-11312755-detail/story.html|archive-date=29 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2000, work began on a complete redevelopment of the station building with a new enclosed footbridge. It opened on 1 July 2001, and featured lifts and generally enhanced facilities. Local roads were enhanced to help speed passengers' journeys to and from the station, and a new [[multi-storey car park]] was built to replace the spaces lost to the Royal Mail facility.<ref name="Oakley"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Regional News|author=Johnston, Howard|work=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|volume= 416|date= August 2001| page =22|location=[[Peterborough]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]}}</ref> A dedicated bus interchange was opened in 2003.<ref name="atocstp"/> In 2006, construction started on a new {{convert|278|m|yd}} long platform face on the north side of platform 1, to ease congestion for trains toward Birmingham and London. The new platform, platform 4, was opened on 9 May 2007 by rail minister [[Tom Harris (British politician)|Tom Harris MP]]. As part of the reconstruction, the waiting room at the east end of platform 1 was demolished, and replaced with an extended waiting area and customer help desk. Platform 1 was subsequently redesignated platform 3. The work cost £3{{Nbsp}}million and was funded by Network Rail, with First Great Western contributing £100,000 towards the new waiting room and help desk.<ref name="nrnewplat">{{cite press release|url=http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/detail.aspx?releaseid=3005&newsareaid=2&searchcategoryid=7|access-date=29 September 2013|date=9 May 2007|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|title=New platform for Bristol Parkway|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130929164616/http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/content/detail.aspx?releaseid=3005&newsareaid=2&searchcategoryid=7|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Despite the large car park, the increase in passenger numbers at Parkway led to problems with on-street parking, leading to the commissioning of a new 200-space car park {{convert|500|m|yd}} east of the station.<ref name="atocstp"/><ref name="postnewpr">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Park-ride-cars-road/story-11233281-detail/story.html|title=New Bristol park and ride to keep cars off road|access-date=29 September 2013|date=6 July 2009|work=This is Bristol|publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611033207/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Park-ride-cars-road/story-11233281-detail/story.html|archive-date=11 June 2015}}</ref> It opened in Spring 2011, but was used by only 139 motorists in its first three months; it was expected that traffic would increase when a new bus link was opened to transfer drivers from the car park to the station.<ref name="postspaces">{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Spaces-1-2m-car-park-Stoke-Gifford-used/story-16776191-detail/story.html|title=Spaces at £1.2m car park at Stoke Gifford still not being used|author=Koch, Emily|work=This is Bristol|publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]|date=28 August 2012|access-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830101218/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Spaces-1-2m-car-park-Stoke-Gifford-used/story-16776191-detail/story.html|archive-date=30 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A new multi-storey car park on the station site with 710 spaces was opened on 5 September 2014 by [[Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer|Baroness Kramer]], [[Minister of State for Transport]]. Construction of the car park, which began in mid-2013, caused a short-term lack of spaces for commuters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24171652|title=Anger over Bristol Parkway railway parking shortage|access-date=21 September 2013|date=20 September 2013|publisher=[[BBC]]|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> The car park cost £13 million and was funded jointly by Network Rail and the [[Department for Transport]] under the Station Commercial Projects Fund.<ref name="RAIL728-regional">{{cite journal|journal=[[RAIL (magazine)|RAIL]]|author=Johnston, Howard|title=Regional News|date=7–20 August 2013|issue=728|pages=24–25|quote='''Bristol Parkway:''' Construction has started on a new £13 million, 710-space multi-story car park.|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|location=Peterborough}}</ref><ref name="insidercarpark"/> Improved cycle facilities, including a bike hire scheme, were provided in the late 2000s.<ref name="atocstp"/>

The station was closed for two weeks in September 2017 to allow for upgrade work as part of the [[Great Western Main Line upgrade|electrification and upgrade work for the Great Western route]]. Works included resignalling, installation of overhead electrification gantries, and the start of construction of a new fourth platform on the south side of platform 2.<ref name="itv2017">{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2017-09-01/bristol-parkway-station-to-close-for-two-weeks/|title=Passengers warned to expect major disruption as Bristol Parkway station shuts for two weeks|date=1 September 2017|access-date=22 September 2017|work=[[ITV News]]}}</ref><ref name="rtm2017">{{cite news|url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/great-western-modernisation-moves-forward-as-nr-completes-key-upgrade|title=Great Western modernisation moves forward as NR completes key upgrade|work=[[Rail Technology Magazine]]|date=18 September 2017|access-date=22 September 2017|publisher=[[Cognitive Publishing]]}}</ref> The new platform 1 took over an existing goods loop, allowing trains towards Bristol and towards Wales to be accommodated at the same time, thus easing a bottleneck. It was opened on 13 April 2018 by [[Chris Grayling]] MP, [[Secretary of State for Transport]]. The other platforms were lengthened to {{convert|280|m|yd}} at the same time.<ref name="nrwrspeed"/><ref name="nrwrspeedOLD"/><ref name="bbcplat1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-43754179|title=Bristol Parkway's new platform officially opens|date=13 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="rtechplat1">{{cite news|url=https://www.railway-technology.com/news/new-platform-at-bristol-parkway-opened-to-increase-train-frequency/|title=New platform at Bristol Parkway opened to increase train frequency|work=Railway Technology|publisher=[[Kable Intelligence]]|date=17 April 2018|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> The station closed for three weeks in Autumn 2018 for further electrification works, including the installation and testing of overhead wires.<ref name="itv2018">{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2018-09-14/major-rail-disruption-due-to-parkway-engineering-works/|title=Major rail disruption as Bristol Parkway closes for three weeks|date=14 September 2018|access-date=16 September 2018|work=[[ITV News]]}}</ref><ref name="NR2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/western/great-western-mainline/south-gloucestershire/|title=South Gloucestershire|publisher=[[Network Rail]]|date=6 September 2018|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>

First Great Western declined a contractual option to continue the [[Greater Western franchise|Greater Western passenger franchise]] beyond 2013, citing a desire for a longer-term contract due to the impending upgrade to the Great Western Main Line.<ref name="bids"/> The franchise was put out to tender<ref name="Rail694">{{cite journal|title=First leads a field of seven bidding for rail franchises|author=Haigh, Philip|journal=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|date=18 April 2012|pages=8–9|issue=694|location=[[Peterborough]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2012/07/19-great-western-franchise-to-be.html|title=Great Western franchise to be extended|date=19 July 2012|access-date=19 July 2012|work=[[Railnews]]}}</ref><ref name="ITT">{{cite press release |title=New Great Western franchise to deliver new express trains |url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/news/press-releases/dft-press-20120727a/ |publisher=[[Department for Transport]] |date=27 July 2012 |access-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> but the process was halted and later scrapped due to the fallout from the [[InterCity West Coast#2012 franchise process|collapse of the InterCity West Coast franchise competition]].<ref name="scrapped">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21272542|title=Great Western London to south Wales rail contest scrapped|date=31 January 2013|access-date=31 January 2013|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBBC]]}}</ref> A two-year franchise extension until September 2015 was agreed in October 2013,<ref name="rnextend">{{cite news|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2013/10/03-first-celebrates-lastminute-great-western.html|title=First celebrates last-minute Great Western deal|work=[[Railnews]]|date=3 October 2013|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="bbcextend">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24378053|title=First Great Western retains Wales and west rail franchise|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBBC]]|date=3 October 2013|access-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> and subsequently extended until March 2019.<ref name="bbcextend2">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29565156|title=First Great Western offered new franchise deal|date=10 October 2014|access-date=10 October 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="guardianextend2">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/10/firstgroup-great-western-contract-extension-rail|title=FirstGroup wins Great Western contract extension|date=10 October 2014|access-date=10 October 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="rnextend2">{{cite news|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/10/10-updated-franchise-schedule-signals-gw.html|title=Updated franchise schedule signals GW extension|date=10 October 2014|access-date=10 October 2014|work=[[Railnews]]}}</ref> The [[CrossCountry]] franchise was due to expire in October 2019,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/franchise-announcement|title=Written statement to Parliament – Rail franchising|date=26 March 2013|access-date=5 October 2013|author=McLoughlin, Patrick|author-link=Patrick McLoughlin|publisher=[[Department for Transport]]}}</ref> but it was announced in September 2020 that the emergency timetables introduced to meet [[COVID-19]] requirements would continue for a further 18 months and the letting of new franchises would be scrapped. {{As of|2024}}, the New CrossCountry franchise is let to [[Arriva UK Trains|Arriva]]-owned [[CrossCountry]] until 2027<ref name = nrc23 >{{cite press release | url = https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/west-coast-partnership-and-cross-country-rail-operator-direct-awards | title = West Coast Partnership and Cross Country rail operator direct awards | date = 19 September 2023 | access-date = 19 September 2023 | publisher = Department for Transport|location=London}}</ref> and the [[Greater Western franchise]] to [[FirstGroup]]-owned [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] until 2028.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1122644/first-greater-western-ltd-2022-nrc.pdf | title = First Greater Western Limited 2022 national rail contract | publisher = Department for Transport | date = 14 June 2022 | access-date = 5 March 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, the station names on the outside were replaced. Previously, it was in Gill Sans, with no National Rail logo. Now, it is New Rail Alphabet with a National Rail logo.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

== Future ==

The [[South Wales Main Line]] from London to [[Cardiff]] has been electrified.<ref>{{cite web |title=London–Cardiff Electrification Fully Completed |url=https://railway-news.com/london-cardiff-electrification-complete/ |publisher=Railway-News |date=8 June 2020|access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> However, the lines [[Bristol to Exeter line|to Weston-super-Mare]] and the [[Cross Country Route]] to [[Birmingham New Street]], the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], the [[East Midlands]] and [[Northern England]]  will not be electrified, so local and CrossCountry services will still be provided by diesel trains.<ref name="decrease">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-19208862|title=Weston-super-Mare to London rail re-franchise concerns|date=10 August 2012|access-date=13 August 2012|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name="Rail772">{{cite journal|title=How the West will win with new trains|author=Clinnick, Richard|journal=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|date=15 April 2015|pages=58–59|issue=772|location=Peterborough|url=http://www.railmagazine.com/trains/new-trains/how-the-west-will-win-with-new-trains|access-date=12 October 2015}}</ref> In 2011, the group [[Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways]] supported the electrification continuing to Weston,<ref name="benefits">{{cite news |url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rail-benefits-just-mainline/story-11304651-detail/story.html |title=Benefits of Bristol to London high-speed rail link 'must go beyond just mainline'|date=3 March 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |work=This is Bristol |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]]}}</ref><ref name="FoSBR11">{{cite web |url=http://fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |title=FoSBR Newsletter |issue=78 |publisher=[[Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways]] |date=Autumn 2011 |access-date=9 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204095719/http://www.fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as did the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[John Penrose]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.johnpenrose.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:westons-rail-commuter-services-could-be-cut-warns-towns-mp&catid=48:communities-not-dormitories&Itemid=108 |title=Weston's rail commuter services could be cut, warns town's MP |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=5 April 2012 |author=Penrose, John |author-link=John Penrose |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103135443/http://www.johnpenrose.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258%3Awestons-rail-commuter-services-could-be-cut-warns-towns-mp&catid=48%3Acommunities-not-dormitories&Itemid=108 |archive-date=3 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MP-takes-drive-better-rail-services/story-13697379-detail/story.html |title=MP takes drive for better rail services to top |date=29 October 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |work=This is Bristol |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016121452/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MP-takes-drive-better-rail-services/story-13697379-detail/story.html |archive-date=16 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Bristol Parkway is on the Weston-super-Mare/{{rws|Yate}} corridor, one of the main axes of [[MetroWest (Bristol)|MetroWest]], a rail transport plan which aims to enhance transport capacity in the Bristol area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westofengland.org/media/98508/item%2004%20greater%20bristol%20metro%2013%20march%202009.pdf |title=Item 04: Greater Bristol Metro |first=James |last=White |publisher=West of England Partnership |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515034151/http://www.westofengland.org/media/98508/item%2004%20greater%20bristol%20metro%2013%20march%202009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaign-trains-Bristol-Temple-Meads-half-hour/story-14446079-detail/story.html |title=Campaign for trains from Bristol Temple Meads every half-hour |work=This is Bristol |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]] |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120002540/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaign-trains-Bristol-Temple-Meads-half-hour/story-14446079-detail/story.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 }}</ref> Under its previous name of Greater Bristol Metro, 2012 plans considered the reopening of the [[Henbury Loop Line]] to passengers, with the possibility of services from Bristol Temple Meads to Bristol Parkway via {{rws|Clifton Down}} and {{rws|Henbury}}.<ref name="metro">{{cite news|author=Ribbeck, Michael |publisher=[[Northcliffe Media]] |work=[[The Post, Bristol]] |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=6 July 2012 |title=£100 million Bristol Metro train network by 2016 |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/100-million-Bristol-Metro-train-network-2016/story-16492523-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708233227/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/100-million-Bristol-Metro-train-network-2016/story-16492523-detail/story.html |archive-date= 8 July 2012 }}</ref> The current MetroWest Phase 2 proposals are for a spur to Henbury, served by trains from {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}, without a direct connection to Parkway.<ref name="metrowestph2">{{cite web |title=Henbury rail line: MetroWest Phase 2 |url=https://travelwest.info/projects/henbury-rail-line-metrowest-phase-2/ |website=TravelWest |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[UK railway stations|List of all UK railway stations]]
* [[Transport in Bristol]]
* [[Rail services in the West of England]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Bristol Parkway railway station}}
* [http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/File:Bristol_Parkway1972-1.jpg Official British Rail photo of Parkway, just before opening in 1972] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608191332/http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/File:Bristol_Parkway1972-1.jpg |date=8 June 2015 }}.

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