:Patchway railway station

Patchway railway station is located in the Patchway area of South Gloucestershire, within the Bristol conurbation. There is a large Rolls-Royce industrial area to the west of the station, while the area to the north and east is primarily residential. To the south is a large amount of railway land, including the Filton Triangle depot.{{cite book |title=OS Landranger Map 172 – Bristol & Bath |year=2008 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |location=Southampton |isbn=978-0-319-22914-9}}{{cite book|title=A-Z Bristol and Bath Deluxe|publisher=Geographers' A-Z Map Co. Ltd.|year=2003|edition=2nd|location=Sevenoaks, Kent|isbn=1-84348-099-9}}{{cite web|url=http://www.grantadesign.com/emit/bristol-map.pdf|title=Rolls-Royce Bristol site map|date=March 2010|access-date=19 October 2015|publisher=Granta Design|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125912/http://www.grantadesign.com/emit/bristol-map.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rail-depot-plan-create-170-jobs/story-13395612-detail/story.html|title=Rail depot plan could create up to 170 jobs|work=The Post, Bristol|publisher=Northcliffe Media|date=24 September 2011|access-date=29 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130929181655/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rail-depot-plan-create-170-jobs/story-13395612-detail/story.html|archive-date=29 September 2013|df=dmy-all}} The station is on the South Wales Main Line between {{rws|Bristol Parkway}} and {{rws|Newport (South Wales)}}, and just off the Cross Country Route north of {{rws|Filton Abbey Wood}} and the east end of the Henbury Loop Line.{{cite book|first=S.K.|last=Baker|title=Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland|edition=12th|year=2010|isbn=978-0-86093-632-9|publisher=Ian Allan|page=28}} It is {{convert|5|mi|77|chain|km}} from {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} and {{convert|114|mi|5|chain|km}} from {{rws|London Paddington}} via Bristol Parkway.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/b/bsw.shtm|title=Engineers' Line References: BSW - Bristol and South Wales Union Line|author=Deaves, Phil|access-date=22 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125831/http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/b/bsw.shtm|archive-date=22 July 2018|url-status=live}}Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile. The station is just north of Patchway Junctions 1 and 2, where the lines from Bristol Parkway, Filton Abbey Wood and Henbury converge. The next station east is Bristol Parkway, the next station south is Filton Abbey Wood and the next station west is {{rws|Pilning}}.Passenger services do not currently use the Henbury Loop Line.

The station is on a rough north–south alignment, curving towards the west at the north end. There are two platforms, separated by two running lines and connected by an open footbridge.{{cite book|title=Gloucestershire Railway Stations|author=Oakley, Mike|author-link=Mike Oakley|year=2003|publisher=The Dovecote Press|location=Wimbourne, Dorset|isbn=1-904349-24-2|pages=8–10, 111–112}} Platform 1, on the east side of the station and adjacent to the Up Tunnel track, is for trains towards Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Parkway. Platform 2, on the west side and adjacent to the Down Tunnel track, is for trains towards Pilning. Both platforms are {{convert|121|m|yds}} long, and the tracks have a speed limit of {{convert|90|mph|kph}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/baseline%20capability/track%20and%20route%20mileage,%20permissible%20line%20speeds/table%20a_track_and_route%20miles_linespeed_western%20route.pdf|title=Network Capability - Baseline Declaration: (1) Track and Route mileage: (2) Line-speeds: Western Route|publisher=Network Rail|date=1 April 2009|access-date=11 October 2013|page=221|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014210923/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/baseline%20capability/track%20and%20route%20mileage,%20permissible%20line%20speeds/table%20a_track_and_route%20miles_linespeed_western%20route.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2013|url-status=dead}} The line through Patchway has a loading gauge of W8, and handles over 15 million train tonnes per year.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3111_Route_2013_Great_Western_Main_Line.pdf|title=Route 13: Great Western Main Line|year=2006|access-date=19 October 2015|publisher=Network Rail|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927183020/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/3111_Route_2013_Great_Western_Main_Line.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all}} The line through Patchway has recently been electrified as part of the 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western Main Line.

The main access to the station is from Station Road to the east; however, there is also a set of steps and a turnstile into the industrial estate to the west.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/pwy/details.aspx |title=Station facilities for Patchway (PWY) |publisher=National Rail |access-date=19 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118080305/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/pwy/details.aspx |archive-date=18 November 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4568462|title=Welcome to Patchway railway station|author=Jaggery|date=13 May 2015|access-date=21 October 2015|work=Geograph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155508/http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4568462|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4568467|title=Turnstile entrance to the Rolls-Royce site, Patchway|author=Jaggery|date=13 May 2015|access-date=27 October 2015|work=Geograph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222123459/http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4568467|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=live}} Facilities at the station are minimal – there are small brick shelters on each platform, but no facilities for buying tickets. There are customer help points, giving next train information for both platforms. A small car park with 15 spaces, and racks for four bicycles, is on the east side of the station on Station Road. CCTV cameras are in operation at the station. Step-free access is available to both platforms following completion of a new footbridge with lifts.

From 2002 to 2014, annual passenger numbers at Patchway more than quintupled, from 16,898 to 92,540, and the station was noted in 2013 as having a high growth trend. However, these numbers are still fairly low; Patchway is the 1,730th busiest station in Great Britain (of 2,540) and the fifth busiest station in South Gloucestershire, busier only than Pilning.{{cite web|url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/stat_usage.xls|title=Station Usage Estimates 2002/03|publisher=Office of Rail and Road|access-date=23 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130904030729/http%3A//www.rail%2Dreg.gov.uk/upload/xls/stat_usage.xls|archive-date=4 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0018/15363/station-usage-2013-14-data.xls|title=Station Usage Estimates 2013/14|date=4 December 2014 |publisher=Office of Rail and Road|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908163817/http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0018/15363/station-usage-2013-14-data.xls|archive-date=8 September 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0019/20179/Estimates-of-Station-Usage-in-2014-15.xlsx|title=Station Usage Estimates 2014/15|date=14 December 2015 |publisher=Office of Rail and Road|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100913/http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0019/20179/Estimates-of-Station-Usage-in-2014-15.xlsx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}{{#tag:ref|Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Patchway, from Office of Rail and Road statistics.{{cite web|url=http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates|title=Estimates of station usage|publisher=Office of Rail and Road|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625013846/http://www.orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates|archive-date=25 June 2017|url-status=live}} Methodology may vary year on year.|group="note"|name="ORRusagenote"}}

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Patchway is managed by Great Western Railway, which operates all services from the station. The basic service from Monday to Friday is one train per hour in each direction between {{rws|Cardiff Central}} and {{rws|Taunton}}, with some trains extended beyond Taunton to {{rws|Exeter St Davids}}, {{rws|Paignton}}, {{rws|Plymouth}} and {{rws|Penzance}}. In addition, there is one early morning service to {{rws|Portsmouth Harbour}} and a late night service to {{rws|Westbury}}, with similar return workings. On Saturdays, there is a similar level of service throughout most of the day, with one train per hour in each direction between Cardiff and Taunton. On Sundays, a more limited service operates with roughly one train every three hours between Cardiff and Westbury, with trains terminating at either Portsmouth Harbour, {{rws|Brighton}} or {{rws|Warminster}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/timetables/central-3-weekend.pdf?la=en|title=Central 3 - Cardiff to Bristol and the South Coast - Guide to train times, 17 May to 12 December 2015|publisher=Great Western Railway|access-date=19 October 2015|date=May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414021345/https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/timetables/central-3-weekend.pdf?la=en|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/timetables/central-4.pdf?la=en|title=Central 4 - Cardiff and Bristol to Weston-super-Mare and Bristol - Guide to train times, 7 September to 12 December 2015|publisher=Great Western Railway|access-date=19 October 2015|date=September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080227/https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/timetables/central-4.pdf?la=en|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/timetables/central-7.pdf?la=en|title=Central 7 - Bath Spa to Cardiff Central - Guide to train times, 17 May to 12 December 2015|publisher=Great Western Railway|access-date=19 October 2015|date=May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414030055/https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/timetables/central-7.pdf?la=en|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=dead}} Throughout each day, Great Western Railway services between {{rws|London Paddington}} and South Wales pass through non-stop, with two trains per hour in each direction on weekdays and one train per hour at weekends.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May15/Complete_NRT_Single_PDF.zip?a=new|publisher=Network Rail|date=May 2015|access-date=19 October 2015|title=National Rail Timetable|pages=1949–1977|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911233009/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/eNRT/May15/Complete_NRT_Single_PDF.zip?a=new|archive-date=11 September 2015|url-status=live}}

All trains southbound call next at {{rws|Filton Abbey Wood}}, and almost every train westbound calls next at {{rws|Severn Tunnel Junction}}. Despite being the next station along the South Wales Main Line, there is only one weekday service which calls at both Patchway and {{rws|Bristol Parkway}}, that being an early morning service from Taunton to Cardiff; there are only two trains per week which call at both Patchway and {{rws|Pilning}}.

The services described above are formed using {{brc|43|dab=HST}} locomotives, {{brc|158}}, {{brc|165|n}}, {{brc|166|n}} diesel multiple-unit trains and {{brc|800}} and {{brc|802}} bi-mode multiple unit trains.{{cite news |title=LOROL Class 150s all with FGW |author=Miles, Tony |work=Modern Railways |location =London |date= December 2010 |page=90}}{{cite journal | author = Salveson, Paul | editor = Abell, Paul | date = June 2012 | title = Severn Beach: Not your typical branch line! | journal = Today's Railways UK | issue =126 | pages =42–47 | location =Sheffield | publisher =Platform 5 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/15618769.Taunton_bound_passengers_from_Bristol_to_benefit_from_trains_with_more_seats_and_better_WiFi/|title=Taunton-bound passengers from Bristol to benefit from trains with more seats and better WiFi|date=25 October 2017|access-date=27 October 2017|work=County Gazette|publisher=Newsquest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042655/http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/15618769.Taunton_bound_passengers_from_Bristol_to_benefit_from_trains_with_more_seats_and_better_WiFi/|archive-date=28 October 2017|url-status=live}}

The standard journey time to Bristol Temple Meads is 13 minutes and 45 minutes to Cardiff Central.

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File:Station Road boulder marking the original location of Patchway railway station-Geograph-4474488-by-Jaggery.jpg

Patchway railway station first opened on 8 September 1863 when services began on the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway (BSWUR), which ran from {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} to {{rws|New Passage Pier}}, north of Bristol on the banks of the River Severn. At New Passage, passengers were transferred to a ferry to cross the Severn to continue on into Wales. The line, engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was built as single track {{RailGauge|7ft0.25in}} broad gauge.{{cite book|title=Bristol Railway Panorama|author=Maggs, Colin G|author-link=Colin Maggs|date=1990|isbn=0-948975-22-9|publisher=Millstream Books|pages=58–76|location=Bath}} Patchway was {{convert|6|mi|37|chain|km}} from Temple Meads, adjacent to the Bristol to Gloucester road, what is now the A38 Gloucester Road. The station was only a small structure and very little is known about it. There were initially six trains per day on weekdays in each direction, with three trains per day on Sundays.{{cite book|title=Branch Lines Around Avonmouth: Hotwells, Severn Beach and via Henbury|author1=Mitchell, Vic |author2=Smith, Keith |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Middleton Press|date=2004|location=Midhurst, Sussex|isbn=1-904474-42-X}} The BSWUR was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR), which had from the beginning operated all BSWUR services, in 1868; in 1873, the line was converted to {{RailGauge|1435mm}} standard gauge. Although the line made travel from Bristol to Wales easier, the change from train to ferry to train was inconvenient and so a tunnel was built under the Severn. To cope with the anticipated increase in demand, it was decided that the line should be increased to twin track. However, the gradient between {{rws|Pilning}} and Patchway, 1 in 68, was considered undesirably steep for trains heading up the hill towards Bristol, particularly for heavy coal trains, and so a three-mile deviation was built with a 1 in 100 gradient between Pilning and a point south of Patchway. Trains uphill towards Bristol would use the new line, while trains downhill towards Wales would continue to use the steeper, original track. The deviation left the two tracks at Patchway at significantly different levels, and so made the original site impractical for a station. The station was rebuilt {{convert|40|chain|km}} south along the line at its present site, {{convert|5|mi|77|chain|km}} from Bristol Temple Meads. A boulder and information board marks the site of the original station.{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4474488|title=Station Road boulder marking the original location of Patchway railway station|author=Jaggery|date=13 May 2015|access-date=27 October 2015|work=Geograph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105065355/http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4474488|archive-date=5 January 2016|url-status=live}}

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The new station opened on 10 August 1885, and was originally known as Patchway & Stoke Gifford, but reverted to Patchway from 27 October 1908. The station was on a north–south alignment and had two platforms, separated by two running lines, with a third line, a goods loop, behind the western platform. There was a goods yard to the south of the station on the eastern side, with an adjacent signal box. As now, the eastern platform was for trains towards Bristol, the western platform for trains towards Wales. The station buildings were of a standard 1880s GWR design, with tall chimneys and fretted wooden canopies. The main building was on the eastern platform, containing the booking office, toilets and waiting rooms. A matching brick shelter with canopy was built on the western platform. The eastern platform also had a bicycle house at the northern end. A large covered and glazed footbridge linked the two platforms. The goods yard included two sidings: a short, south-facing one adjacent to a loading dock; and a longer north-facing one. There was also a weigh bridge and a coal office. At the north end of the station was a south-facing siding and an oil store.{{cite book|title=An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stations - Layouts and Illustrations|volume = 1|author=Clark, R. H. |date=1986|isbn=0-902888-29-3|publisher=Oxford Publishing Company|location=Poole}} The station did not have a dedicated approach road, as it was adjacent to a road connecting Gloucester Road to the west and Gypsy Patch Lane to the south; this road subsequently became known as Station Road.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnIHBAAAQBAJ|author=Rendall, P D|title=The South Wales Direct Line: History and Working|date=31 May 2014|publisher=Crowood Press|access-date=27 October 2015|isbn=978-1-84797-708-3|pages=69–71|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721014347/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EnIHBAAAQBAJ|archive-date=21 July 2018|url-status=live}} At the time of construction, the station was mostly surrounded by fields, with the Bristol conurbation almost {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} away.{{cite web|url=http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.5286&lon=-2.5623&layers=6|title=Gloucestershire LXVIII.SW|date=1903|access-date=20 October 2015|publisher=National Library of Scotland|work=Ordnance Survey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130162106/http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.5286&lon=-2.5623&layers=6|archive-date=30 November 2012|url-status=live}}

In 1900, almost all trains from London to Wales travelled via Bath and Bristol, with some still routed via {{rws|Gloucester}}. However, the final {{convert|15|mi|km}} to Bristol were relatively slow and congested, so a new route was built further north; the GWR's Badminton Line, now part of the South Wales Main Line, ran from Wootton Bassett Junction to a junction just south of Patchway. The new line opened in 1903 and allowed faster services to Wales. There was a new triangular junction between Patchway and Filton, with the new line coming in from the east.{{cite book|title=GWR: The Badminton Line - Portrait of a Railway|author1=Robertson, Kevin |author2=Abbot, David |isbn=0-86299-459-4|publisher=Alan Sutton Publishing|year=1988|pages=1–8}} As part of the work, the station signal box was closed, replaced by a larger one closer to the junction on 19 October 1902. The new signal box would later become one of only a few to be double glazed, due to the noise from jet engine testing from the Bristol Siddeley Aero-Engines factory (now the Rolls-Royce factory) opposite the box. The Henbury Loop Line opened in 1910, connecting {{rws|Avonmouth}} to the main lines south of Patchway. From 1928, some trains from Bristol would travel in loops via Patchway and {{rws|Severn Beach}}.

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When the railways were nationalised in 1948, Patchway came under the aegis of the Western Region of British Railways.{{cite book|title=The Bristol Port Railway and Pier|author=Maggs, Colin|author-link=Colin Maggs|year=1975|publisher=The Oakwood Press}} In 1949, there were 11 trains towards South Wales and 13 towards Bristol each weekday, with three trains per day in each direction on Sundays.{{cite web|url=http://www.timetableworld.com/book_viewer.php?id=5§ion_id=1327 |title=Western Region Timetable, 1949 |date=1949 |access-date=21 October 2015 |publisher=Timetable World |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100701/http://www.timetableworld.com/book_viewer.php?id=5§ion_id=1327 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }} However, by 1965, this had reduced to eight trains on weekdays towards South Wales and six towards Bristol, with no Sunday service.{{cite web|url=http://timetableworld.com/book_viewer.php?id=12§ion_id=15|title=Western Region Timetable, 1965|date=1965|access-date=19 August 2018|publisher=Timetable World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502050519/http://timetableworld.com/book_viewer.php?id=12§ion_id=15|archive-date=2 May 2018|url-status=live}} Traffic levels fell; the station was closed to goods traffic on 5 July 1965 and subsequently had all staff withdrawn on 14 October 1968. The goods loop was taken up and the station buildings demolished, replaced by small brick shelters. The structure of the footbridge remained, but the roof was removed. The goods yard was repurposed as vehicle storage.

In 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect, the southern part of Gloucestershire, including the district of Patchway, became part of the new county of Avon.{{cite web|url=http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/avon_74to96.html|title=CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-OBSOLETE COUNTIES: AVON|access-date=29 October 2013|work=CivicHeraldry|author=Young, Robert|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209085632/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/avon_74to96.html|archive-date=9 February 2010|url-status=live}} Avon was disbanded in 1996, with the region now governed by South Gloucestershire council.{{cite news|title=The End of Avon|publisher=BBC News|year=1996|author=Orr, Linda|author2=Lund, Michael|author2-link=Michael Lund}}

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British Rail was split into business-led sectors in the 1980s; at which time, operations at Patchway passed to Regional Railways.{{cite Q|Q112224535 |author-link=David St John Thomas|first=David St John|last=Thomas |author2=Whitehouse, Patrick}} When the railway was privatised in 1997, local services were franchised to Wales & West, which was succeeded by Wessex Trains in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/operators/franchises.shtm|title=UK railway franchises|date=5 May 2015|access-date=6 May 2015|author=Deaves, Phil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507014051/http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/operators/franchises.shtm|archive-date=7 May 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.walesandwest.co.uk/ |title=Wales and West |publisher=Wales & West |access-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314050333/http://www.walesandwest.co.uk/ |archive-date=14 March 2012 }} The Wessex franchise was amalgamated with the Great Western franchise into the Greater Western franchise from 2006 and responsibility passed to First Great Western that was later rebranded as Great Western Railway in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.theironroad.net/Operator/Train-Operating-Companies/Wessex-Trains/|title=Wessex Trains|work=The Iron Road: Railway Photography by Scott Borthwick|access-date=29 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120108/http://www.theironroad.net/Operator/Train-Operating-Companies/Wessex-Trains/|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4523592.stm|title=FirstGroup wins rail franchises|date=13 December 2005|access-date=27 April 2012|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626021729/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4523592.stm|archive-date=26 June 2006|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13351368|title=First Great Western bids for longer rail franchise deal|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=11 May 2011|access-date=27 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227204652/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13351368|archive-date=27 December 2011|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://railnews.co.uk/news/2015/09/21-the-great-western-railway-is.html|title=The Great Western Railway is back in business|date=21 September 2015|access-date=21 September 2015|work=Railnews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085626/http://railnews.co.uk/news/2015/09/21-the-great-western-railway-is.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}} From December 2006, Virgin CrossCountry began operating a single daily service from Newcastle to Cardiff Central, via Bristol Temple Meads and Patchway.{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiffandavonside.org.uk/Magazines/2007/0702mag.htm|title=Notes and News: West Country Area - February 2007|date=February 2007|access-date=29 October 2013|publisher=Cardiff and Avonside Railway Society|quote=11/12 ... One surprising adjustment for the new timetable was Virgin XC's 14.21 Voyager service, via Temple Meads, which is now booked to call at Filton Abbey Wood (19.31), Patchway (19.36) and Severn Tunnel junction (19.47).|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203044921/http://www.cardiffandavonside.org.uk/Magazines/2007/0702mag.htm|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/virgin-trains/pressreleases/accelerated-services-and-additional-stops-in-north-feature-in-virgin-crosscountry-s-december-timetable-864971|publisher=Virgin CrossCountry|access-date=29 October 2013|date=26 November 2006|title=Accelerated services and additional stops in north feature in Virgin CrossCountry's December timetable|quote=The southbound call at Gloucester will now be made by the 14:21 train from Newcastle to Cardiff which will call additionally at Filton Abbey Wood, Patchway and Severn Tunnel Junction.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021836/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/virgin-trains/pressreleases/accelerated-services-and-additional-stops-in-north-feature-in-virgin-crosscountry-s-december-timetable-864971|archive-date=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} This service was taken over by Arriva CrossCountry when the CrossCountry franchise changed hands in 2007, and then replaced by a daily service each direction between Cardiff Central and {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}.{{cite press release|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/franchises/winnernewcrosscounty |title=New rail franchise to increase capacity between major cities |publisher=Department for Transport |date=10 July 2007 |access-date=29 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812032658/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/franchises/winnernewcrosscounty |archive-date=12 August 2007 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/88181/axc-commitment2.pdf|title=NEW CROSS COUNTRY FRANCHISE Service Level Commitment TWO|publisher=Department for Transport|date=October 2011|access-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015430/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/88181/axc-commitment2.pdf|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=live}}

Since the mid-2000s, the Severnside Community Rail Partnership have been working to enhance Patchway station. One of the first acts was installing new community notice boards.{{cite web|url=http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202006.pdf|publisher=Severnside Community Rail Partnership|date=2006|access-date=22 October 2015|page=3|title=Progress Report, Autumn 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316094235/http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202006.pdf|archive-date=16 March 2016|url-status=live}} A local working group was formed to adopt the station and the group negotiated with Rolls-Royce to use their CCTV system to cover the station.{{cite web|url=http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202008.pdf|publisher=Severnside Community Rail Partnership|date=2008|access-date=22 October 2015|page=3|title=Progress Report, Winter 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708113552/http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202008.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2015|url-status=live}} A successful bid was made to the Department for Transport's Access for All scheme, which provided for improved signage, lighting and seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202009.pdf|publisher=Severnside Community Rail Partnership|date=2008|access-date=22 October 2015|page=4|title=Progress Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322224058/http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202009.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2016|url-status=live}} A station garden was created in partnership with nearby Patchway Community College and two decorative mosaics were installed.{{cite web|url=http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202010.pdf|publisher=Severnside Community Rail Partnership|date=January 2010|access-date=22 October 2015|page=5|title=Progress Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305211310/http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202010.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202011.pdf|publisher=Severnside Community Rail Partnership|date=January 2011|access-date=22 October 2015|page=4|title=Progress Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307185517/http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202011.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202012.pdf|publisher=Severnside Community Rail Partnership|date=January 2012|access-date=22 October 2015|page=5|title=Progress Report, Winter 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310114607/http://www.severnside-rail.org.uk/progress%20reports/progress%20report%202012.pdf|archive-date=10 March 2016|url-status=live}} The disused railway land adjacent to the station was cleared through a Community Payback scheme.

As part of work to electrify the line passing through the station, the footbridge was replaced. A new accessible footbridge with lifts at either side was opened in May 2021.{{Cite web|last=Holden|first=Alan|date=2021-05-21|title=Step-free access for South Gloucestershire railway station|url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/05/step-free-access-for-south-gloucestershire-railway-station.html|access-date=2021-05-23|website=RailAdvent|language=en-GB}}

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Bristol & South Wales Union Line
(1868–1903){{#tag:ref|There is some ambiguity about exactly when the first Filton railway station closed and Filton Junction railway station opened. Butt's 1995 book{{Butt-Stations| page=96}} states 1886, but Oakley and Maggs{{cite book|title=Rail Centres: Bristol (#21)|author=Maggs, Colin G|author-link=Colin Maggs|year=2008|orig-year=First published 1981|publisher=Booklaw Publications|location=Nottingham|edition=3rd|pages=10–38, 61, 66–67|isbn=978-1-901945-30-0}} both state 1903. 1903 would tie in with the new station being built as a junction for the GWR's Badminton Line, whereas 1886 would mean an entirely new station was built only months after the original station had a second platform built.|group="note"|name="1886-1903"}}

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The South Wales Main Line from London to Cardiff has now been electrified, as has the line to Bristol Temple Meads.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/uploadedFiles/networkrailcouk/Contents/Improvements/The_Great_Western/WesternVision.pdf|title=Modernising the Great Western|publisher=Network Rail|access-date=9 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413065743/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/uploadedFiles/networkrailcouk/Contents/Improvements/The_Great_Western/WesternVision.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-London-line-electrified/story-11312089-detail/story.html |title=Bristol to London line to be electrified |work=This is Bristol |publisher=Northcliffe Media |date=23 July 2009 |access-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923070847/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-London-line-electrified/story-11312089-detail/story.html |archive-date=23 September 2013 |url-status=live }} However, the lines to Weston-super-Mare and Southampton will not be electrified in the near future, so services at Patchway will still be provided by diesel trains, with Sprinter units to be replaced by {{brc|165}} and {{brc|166|n}} Turbo units.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-19208862|title=Weston-super-Mare to London rail re-franchise concerns|date=10 August 2012|access-date=13 August 2012|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813203444/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-19208862|archive-date=13 August 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|title=How the West will win with new trains|author=Clinnick, Richard|journal=Rail|publisher=Bauer Media|date=15 April 2015|pages=58–59|issue=772|location=Peterborough|url=http://www.railmagazine.com/trains/new-trains/how-the-west-will-win-with-new-trains|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108085845/http://www.railmagazine.com/trains/new-trains/how-the-west-will-win-with-new-trains|archive-date=8 November 2015|url-status=live}} The group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways supports the electrification continuing to Weston, as does previous MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose.{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rail-benefits-just-mainline/story-11304651-detail/story.html |title=Benefits of Bristol to London high-speed rail link 'must go beyond just mainline' |date=3 March 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |work=This is Bristol |publisher=Northcliffe Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705034621/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Rail-benefits-just-mainline/story-11304651-detail/story.html |archive-date=5 July 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |title=FoSBR Newsletter |issue=78 |publisher=Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways |date=Autumn 2011 |access-date=9 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204095719/http://www.fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |archive-date=4 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite press release |url=http://www.johnpenrose.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258:westons-rail-commuter-services-could-be-cut-warns-towns-mp&catid=48:communities-not-dormitories&Itemid=108 |title=Weston's rail commuter services could be cut, warns town's MP |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=5 April 2012 |author=Penrose, John |author-link=John Penrose |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103135443/http://www.johnpenrose.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=258%3Awestons-rail-commuter-services-could-be-cut-warns-towns-mp&catid=48%3Acommunities-not-dormitories&Itemid=108 |archive-date=3 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MP-takes-drive-better-rail-services/story-13697379-detail/story.html |title=MP takes drive for better rail services to top |date=29 October 2011 |access-date=5 April 2012 |work=This is Bristol |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016121452/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/MP-takes-drive-better-rail-services/story-13697379-detail/story.html |archive-date=16 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}

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