Shirehampton railway station
Shirehampton 
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The station platform in 2010.
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| Location | |
| Place | Shirehampton |
| Local authority | Bristol |
| Coordinates | 51°29′04″N 2°40′45″W / 51.4844°N 2.6792°WCoordinates: 51°29′04″N 2°40′45″W / 51.4844°N 2.6792°W |
| Grid reference | ST529763 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SHH |
| 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 |
 43,480 |
| 2012/13 |
50,654 |
| 2013/14 |
51,542 |
| 2014/15 |
52,480 |
| 2015/16 |
56,756 |
| History | |
| Original company | Bristol Port Railway and Pier |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 6 March 1865 | Opened |
| 1903 | Track doubled and station remodelled |
| 29 November 1965 | Closed to goods traffic |
| October 1970 | Track singled |
| 1990s | Buildings destroyed by fire |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shirehampton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Shirehampton railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Shirehampton in Bristol, England. It is 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is SHH. The station has a single platform which serves 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 in 1865 as the headquarters of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier, a railway which ran along the River Avon from Hotwells to a pier at Avonmouth, and was linked to the national network in 1877. The station had a single platform to begin with, but was rebuilt with a second in 1903, as well as a signal box and a goods yard. By the 1930s the station had ten staff.
The Severn Beach Line declined over the latter half of the twentieth century, with passenger numbers falling significantly. Goods services at Shirehampton ended in 1965, and all staff were withdrawn in 1967. The second platform and signal box were taken out of use in 1970, with the station buildings sold off and later destroyed by fire. Services had decreased to ten per day each direction by 2005, but have since increased to twenty-four trains per day.
The station is located in the Shirehampton district of Bristol, a primarily residential area on the north bank of the River Avon near the Severn Estuary. The A4 Bristol Portway is just to the north of the station, with a commercial vehicle hire depot in between. The railway crosses Station Road directly to the west of the station, and is bridged by Hung Road slightly to the east. The station is on the Severn Beach Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach, 7 miles 50 chains (12.3 km) from Temple Meads and 5 miles 73 chains (9.5 km) from Severn Beach. It is the seventh station from Temple Meads. The next station towards Temple Meads is Sea Mills; the next station towards Severn Beach is Avonmouth.
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