Nailsea and Backwell railway station
Nailsea and Backwell 
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Looking east along the platforms.
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| Location | |
| Place | Backwell |
| Local authority | North Somerset |
| Coordinates | 51°25′10″N 2°45′01″W / 51.41952°N 2.75030°WCoordinates: 51°25′10″N 2°45′01″W / 51.41952°N 2.75030°W |
| Grid reference | ST479692 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | NLS |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| 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 |
 0.410 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.422 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.423 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.451 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.477 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Bristol and Exeter Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 14 June 1841 | Opened as 'Nailsea' |
| 1 July 1964 | Closed to goods traffic |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Nailsea and Backwell from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Nailsea and Backwell railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter Line, is in the village of Backwell, close to the town of Nailsea in North Somerset, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and 126 miles (203 km) from London Paddington. The station, opened in 1841 by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, has two platforms but little in the way of facilities. It 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 all train services at the station, mainly hourly services between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare, and between Cardiff Central and Taunton.
The station sits atop an embankment about 40 feet (12 m) high, and spans the main road between Nailsea and Backwell, which narrows to a signal-controlled single lane to go under the railway. The station is on the Bristol to Exeter Line, 126 miles 34 chains (203.46 km) from London Paddington and 8 miles 1 chain (12.89 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. It the third station along the line from Bristol. Nailsea is a short distance to the north, while the outskirts of Backwell are right against the south side of the station. The two settlements are primarily residential, and are, for large proportions of their residents, dormitory towns for Bristol.
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