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Temple Meads), closer to the village. The new station opened on 2 March 1893, with the old station closing the same day. A large brick building was constructed on the eastbound platform with a large canopy, and a smaller building on the westbound platform. A covered footbridge linked the two platforms. There was a short relief line just east of the station, a siding on the west side led to a goods shed with canopies on both track and road sides, with a signal box adjacent. In 1956–7 the private
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07/04 ... Some more minor delays were encountered late into the evening following a trackside fire at Flax
Bourton, which was believed to have been started by an arsonist and damaged an old caravan a mini-digger and an old station building, fire crews in attendance were from Nailsea and
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Bourton station. Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways in their Autumn 2011 newsletter called for the reopening to be considered in the reletting of the Greater Western passenger franchise.
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and railway line. Reconnection to rail was listed as "feasible", but the scheme was not recommended for shortlisting, instead being listed as an "other possibility". A similar scheme was stopped in 1999 after local protests.
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lines slewed closer to the remaining station buildings. The relief line to the east has been removed. The fuel sidings were disconnected and the adjacent crossover points removed in
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in London and 5 miles 49 chains (9.03 km) from the B&E's northern terminus at
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speeds past the remains of the second Flax Bourton railway station in 2008. No trains have stopped at Flax Bourton since 1964, and the platforms have been removed.
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in Somerset. Located in a deep cutting by the B3130 road from
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also called for the reopening as a way to serve the Airport.
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supports the electrification continuing to Weston, as does
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21st Century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line
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Campaign for Better Transport Bristol/Bath Travel Area
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was built on the road above the eastbound platform.
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688:Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways
170:Second station opened, first closed
887:"File:Flax Bourton Signalbox1.jpg"
870:. Vol. II 1863–1921. London:
843:Bristol Railway Stations 1840–2005
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468:Western Region of British Railways
16:Disused railway station in England
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1061:. Northcliffe Media. 23 July 2009
845:. Redcliffe. pp. 6, 49, 86.
1090:MP. 17 July 2009. Archived from
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715:Delivering a Sustainable Railway
909:Alan Turnbull (3 April 2012).
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207:was a railway station on the
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205:Flax Bourton railway station
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1019:"Flax Bourton Parish Plan"
564:Line open, station closed.
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498:Bristol and Exeter Railway
395:Ministry of Fuel and Power
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892:Bristol Railway Archive
340:Isambard Kingdom Brunel
795:. Bristol: Redcliffe.
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510:Nailsea and Backwell
490:Bristol Temple Meads
452:diesel multiple unit
325:Nailsea and Backwell
213:Bristol Temple Meads
178:Closed to passengers
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999:on 3 September 2014
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1159:on 4 February 2012
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484:Following station
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1086:(Press release).
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1308:Categories
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662:-operated
517:Bedminster
462:under the
329:Bedminster
321:Paddington
290: (
268:51°25′27″N
250:Bridgwater
159:Opened as
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664:limestone
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227:in 1964.
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938:28 April
826:11 April
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121:Disused
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1228:2008
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