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Hotwells railway station

Hotwells, originally Clifton
Clifton Suspension Bridge & the A4 Portway (geograph 2489043).jpg
The site of the station
Location
Place Hotwells
Area City of Bristol
Operations
Original company Bristol Port Railway and Pier
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway, from 1871
Platforms 2
History
6 March 1865 Opened
19 September 1921 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Coordinates: 51°27′21″N 2°37′38″W / 51.455854°N 2.627204°W / 51.455854; -2.627204

Hotwells railway station, was a railway station situated in the suburb of Hotwells in Bristol, England. It was the original southern terminus of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier which ran to a station and pier at Avonmouth. The station opened in 1865, originally named Clifton station, and was situated in the Avon Gorge almost underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge, adjacent to the Clifton Rocks Railway, the Hotwells terminus of Bristol Tramways, the Rownham ferry and landing stages used by passenger steamers.

In 1871 the railway company was acquired by the Great Western Railway who created a tunnel under Clifton Down and linked the Port and Pier line to Bristol Temple Meads railway station. This left the Hotwells branch as a stub. The station remained open, renamed as Hotwells until 1921 when it and the track to Sneyd Park were removed to enable the building of the Portway road.


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