Filton Abbey Wood railway station
Filton Abbey Wood 
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View south from the footbridge.
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| Location | |
| Place | Filton |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates | 51°30′18″N 2°33′45″W / 51.5049°N 2.5624°WCoordinates: 51°30′18″N 2°33′45″W / 51.5049°N 2.5624°W |
| Grid reference | ST609784 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | FIT |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.771 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.852 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.989 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.008 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.022 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Bristol and South Wales Union Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1863 | Opened as "Filton" |
| 1903 | Resited |
| 1910 | Renamed "Filton Junction" |
| 1968 | Renamed "Filton" |
| 1996 | Resited and renamed "Filton Abbey Wood" |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Filton Abbey Wood from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Filton Abbey Wood railway station serves the town of Filton in South Gloucestershire, England, inside the Bristol conurbation. It is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is FIT. There are three platforms but minimal facilities. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, the seventh company to be responsible for the station, and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997. They provide most train services at the station, with two trains per day operated by CrossCountry. The general service level is eight trains per hour - two to South Wales, two to Bristol Parkway, two toward Weston-super-Mare and two toward Westbury.
Filton Abbey Wood is the third station on the site. The first station, Filton, was opened in 1863 by the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway. The station had a single platform, with a second added in 1886 to cope with traffic from the Severn Tunnel. The station was closed in 1903, replaced by a new station, Filton Junction, 0.15 miles (0.24 km) further north, which was built at the junction with the newly constructed Badminton Line from Wootton Bassett. The new station had four platforms, each with waiting rooms and large canopies.
Services at Filton Junction declined in the second half of the twentieth century, with the station buildings and Badminton Line platforms demolished in 1976. The station was closed completely in 1996, replaced by the current station, Filton Abbey Wood. This was built 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the original station, adjacent to a new Ministry of Defence office development. The station was built with two platforms, but a third was added in 2004.
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