Montpelier railway station
Montpelier 
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First Great Western Pacer unit 143621 at Montpelier in 2010.
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| Location | |
| Place | Montpelier |
| Local authority | Bristol |
| Coordinates | 51°28′06″N 2°35′19″W / 51.4684°N 2.5887°WCoordinates: 51°28′06″N 2°35′19″W / 51.4684°N 2.5887°W |
| Grid reference | ST592745 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MTP |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.122 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.126 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.121 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.131 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.122 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Clifton Extension Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway and London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 October 1874 | Opened |
| 18 November 1965 | Closed to goods traffic |
| 17 July 1967 | Staffing withdrawn |
| 1970 | Line singled |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Montpelier from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Montpelier railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Montpelier in Bristol, England. It is 2.85 miles (4.59 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is MTP. The station has a single platform, serving trains in both directions. As of 2015[update] 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 Bristol Temple Meads and Avonmouth.
The station was opened on 1 October 1874 as Montpellier (two 'L's) by the Great Western and Midland Railways as part of the Clifton Extension Railway, designed to connect the port of Avonmouth to the national rail network. In February 1888 the station's name changed to Montpelier (one 'L'). The station had two platforms, with the main structures on the southern platform and smaller waiting rooms on the northern platform. In 1903 the station employed 19 staff. The station building was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War, and replaced with the current building.
The Severn Beach Line declined over the latter half of the twentieth century, with passenger numbers falling significantly. Goods services at Montpelier ended in 1965, and all staff were withdrawn in 1967. The line was largely reduced to single track in 1970, with the northern platform abandoned and all trains using the remaining platform. The station building is no longer in railway use. Services had decreased to ten per day each direction by 2005, but have since increased to twenty-four trains per day.
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