St Andrew's Road railway station
St Andrews Road 
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| Location | |
| Place | Avonmouth |
| Local authority | Bristol |
| Coordinates | 51°30′48″N 2°41′46″W / 51.5132°N 2.6962°WCoordinates: 51°30′48″N 2°41′46″W / 51.5132°N 2.6962°W |
| Grid reference | ST517795 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SAR |
| 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 |
 6,072 |
| 2012/13 |
9,910 |
| 2013/14 |
13,376 |
| 2014/15 |
 11,184 |
| 2015/16 |
7,374 |
| History | |
| 1917 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Andrews Road from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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St Andrews Road railway station is located near to St Andrews Road and serves a large industrial area near to Avonmouth, England. This station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.
This station is 10 miles (16 km) north-west from Bristol Temple Meads on the Severn Beach Line. All trains serving it are operated and the station is managed by Great Western Railway. EWS (energy division) also operate coal trains to the Aberthaw power stations in Wales on an 'as required' basis and formerly to the now closed Didcot A Power Station from the adjacent bulk freight terminal.
The station was opened in March 1917.
St Andrews Road is not a request stop, although it is sometimes incorrectly described as such. The station mainly served a large smelting works which closed and was replaced with a supermarket distribution centre which employs about 700 staff. Currently, a service with more early and late night trains than previously, but fewer daytime trains, is offered on the line.
That has had the unfortunate side effect of services from St Andrews Road being reduced overall, with only three trains each way between 9am and 6pm Mondays to Fridays. There will be an hourly Sunday service from St. Andrews Road station on Sundays, from May to September 2016, with two services retained through the winter.
St Andrews Road station was featured in the Channel 4 series Paul Merton's Secret Stations Season 1 Episode 2 broadcast on 8 May 2016. This series features British comedian Paul Merton visiting various request stop railway stations around Britain.
Great Western Railway declined a contractual option to continue the Greater Western passenger franchise (of which services at St Andrews Road are a part) beyond 2013, citing a desire for a longer-term contract due to the impending upgrade to the Great Western Main Line. The franchise was put out to tender, but the process was halted and later scrapped due to the fallout from the collapse of the InterCity West Coast franchise competition. A two-year franchise extension until September 2015 was agreed in October 2013, and subsequently extended until March 2019.
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