Ashton Gate railway station
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The disused station pictured in 2012.
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| Location | |
| Place | Ashton Gate |
| Area | City of Bristol |
| Grid reference | ST566716 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 15 September 1906 | Station partly opens as Ashton Gate Platform |
| 1 October 1910 | Station fully opens |
| 1917 | Station closed |
| 23 May 1926 | Station reopens |
| August 1928 | Station renamed Ashton Gate |
| 29 October 1962 | Station renamed Ashton Gate Halt |
| 7 September 1964 | Station closed |
| 29 September 1970 | Station reopens |
| by 1984 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Coordinates: 51°26′30″N 2°37′32″W / 51.441598°N 2.625482°W
Ashton Gate railway station was a railway station serving the Ashton Gate area of Bristol, England, which included Ashton Gate football ground, the home ground of Bristol City F.C.. It was located on the Portishead Railway.
Recent proposals have been made for the station to reopen as part of the MetroWest project to improve rail transport in the Greater Bristol area.
The railway through Ashton Gate was opened on 18 April 1867 by the Bristol and Portishead Pier and Railway Company, when services began on their line from the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Portishead Junction to a pier on the Severn Estuary at Portishead. The line was built as 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad-gauge, and was largely single track. The line was relaid as 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge between 24 and 27 January 1880, and in 1883 the line was double-tracked.
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