Shirehampton railway station

File:2019 at Shirehampton station - platform looking west.JPG ]]

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.{{cite book |title=OS Landranger Map 172 – Bristol & Bath |year=2008 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |location=Southampton |isbn=978-0-319-22914-9}} The station is on the Severn Beach Line from {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}} to {{rws|Severn Beach}}, {{convert|7|mi|50|chain|km}} from Temple Meads and {{convert|5|mi|73|chain|km}} from Severn Beach.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/c/cnx.shtm|title=Engineers' Line References: CNX Clifton Extension Line|access-date=22 October 2014|author=Deaves, Phil}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/a/amb.shtm|title=Engineers' Line References: AMB Avonmouth Branch|access-date=21 October 2014|author=Deaves, Phil}}Railways in the United Kingdom are, for historical reasons, measured in miles and chains. There are 80 chains to the mile. It is the seventh station from Temple Meads. The next station towards Temple Meads is {{rws|Sea Mills}}. The next station towards Severn Beach is Portway Park and Ride, which opened in August 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-31 |title=City's first new train station in 96 years opens |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-66358683 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

The station is on an east–west alignment, curving towards the north. There is a single {{convert|140|yd|m|adj=on}}-long platform which serves trains in both directions, situated on the north side of the track.{{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=178 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |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 |url-status=dead }} The station's southern platform was abandoned in 1970 and is overgrown.{{cite book|title=Bristol Railway Stations 1840–2005|publisher=Redcliffe Press|author=Oakley, Mike|year=2006|isbn=1-904537-54-5|pages=103–106}} The station is only accessible via a footpath from the car park on Station Road, which is just off the A4 Portway.

File:2019 at Shirehampton station - the entrance.JPG

Timetable information is provided at the station; help points show next train information and allow users to contact railway staff. There is no ticket office or other means for buying or collecting tickets.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/shh/details.aspx |title=Station facilities for Shirehampton (SHH) |publisher=National Rail |access-date=6 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501164208/http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/shh/details.aspx |archive-date=1 May 2015 |url-status=live}} There is a car park with 10 spaces on Station Road, as well as stands for four bicycles. The nearest bus stops are on the A4 Portway.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/posters/SHH.pdf|title=Shirehampton Station: Onward Travel Information|publisher=Network Rail|year=2012|access-date=6 November 2014}}

The line through Shirehampton has a speed limit of {{convert|30|mph|kph}} for locomotive-hauled trains and {{convert|35|mph|kph}} for diesel multiple units. The line, which is not electrified, handles less than 5 million train tonnes per year, has a loading gauge of W6 and a route availability of 7.{{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=20 October 2014|publisher=Network Rail|at=Figures 3, 6 and 8|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}} {{as of|2013|alt=In the 2012/13 financial year}}, approximately 50,000 passengers used Shirehampton station, making it the 1,915th busiest station in the country and the eleventh busiest within the Bristol unitary authority area, busier only than {{rws|St Andrews Road}}. This was an increase of 34% from the 2002–03 financial year, and reflected a general rise in usage of the Severn Beach Line.{{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/0003/10785/Station-Usage-2012-13_Final_xls.xls|title=Station Usage Estimates 2012/13|date=27 February 2014 |publisher=Office of Rail and Road|access-date=27 October 2014}}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.

File:Shirehampton - GWR 165120 Bristol service.JPG at Shirehampton with a Bristol service]]

All services at Shirehampton are operated by Great Western Railway using {{brc|166}} Turbo DMUs.{{cite press release|url=http://www.firstgroupplc.com/news-and-media/latest-news/2017/03-07-17b.aspx|title= Massive increase in Bristol train seats begins today |publisher=FirstGroup|date=3 July 2017|access-date=5 July 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/34608/modern-trains-new-technology-bristol-rail-passengers/|title=Modern trains and new technology for Bristol rail passengers|date=11 July 2017|access-date=14 August 2017|work=Global Railway Review|publisher=Russell Publishing}}{{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 }}

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{cite web|url=https://www.gwr.com/~/media/gwr/pdfs/plan-journey/timetables/2021/december/b9-1212.pdf?la=en|title=Train times: Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare to Avonmouth and Severn Beach|work=Great Western Railway|access-date=13 December 2021}}

• 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Bristol Temple Meads}} of which 1 continues to {{stnlnk|Weston-super-Mare}}
• 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Avonmouth}} of which 1 continues to {{stnlnk|Severn Beach}}

On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach with one train per day to and from Weston-super-Mare.

Services previously ran every 40 minutes in each direction but were increased to half-hourly in the December 2021 timetable change.

{{rail start}}

{{s-rail-national|previous=Portway Park and Ride|next=Sea Mills|toc=Great Western Railway|route=Severn Beach Line}}

{{end}}

The station was opened on 6 March 1865 when services began on the Bristol Port Railway and Pier (BPRP), a self-contained railway which ran along the north bank of the River Avon to a deep water pier on the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth. The route was {{RailGauge|ussg}} standard gauge single track, with Shirehampton initially the second station along the line, {{convert|3|mi|51|chain|km}} from the southern terminus at {{rws|Hotwells}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/h/haa.shtm|title=Engineers' Line References: HAA Hotwells and Avonmouth Line|access-date=22 October 2014|author=Deaves, Phil}}{{cite book|title=The Bristol Port Railway and Pier|author=Maggs, Colin|author-link=Colin Maggs|year=1975|publisher=The Oakwood Press|pages=3–7, 10–12, 15–18, 23–24, 47–51}}{{rp|pages=23–24}} Shirehampton was the BPRP's headquarters, and was the site where construction of the railway began – the first sod being turned on 19 February 1863 by the Mayoress of Bristol, Mrs Sholto Vere Hare.{{rp|page=5}}

The original station was situated at a passing loop, with a single platform on the north side of the line. The building, which is noted as having been architecturally superior to other stations on the line, contained a booking office, porters' rooms, and an office for the line superintendent. The platform was covered along its entire length. A single-road engine shed was sited at the east end of the station from 1875, but burnt down in 1900. The initial service was six trains per day in each direction, however trains did not stop at Shirehampton on Sundays due to opposition from a local church, but this practice ended in May the same year following complaints from other residents and businesses.{{rp|page=48}}

{{Historical Rail Start}}

{{rail line|col=000000

|previous= {{rws|Avonmouth (BPRP)}}{{#tag:ref|The Bristol Port Railway and Pier terminal station was simply called "Avonmouth".{{rp|pages=38–41}}|group="note"}}
Line and station closed.

|route = Bristol Port Railway and Pier
(1865–1877)

|next = {{rws|Sea Mills}}

}}

{{s-end}}

File:Coat of arms of the Great Western Railway.png began operating trains from Shirehampton in 1885.]]

The BPRP ran into trouble by 1871 when the terminal pier at Avonmouth became difficult to use due to a build-up of silt. With no prospect of a proper dock being funded without a connection to the national rail network, the Clifton Extension Railway (CER) was approved. This was a joint venture by the BPRP, Great Western Railway and Midland Railway which ran from Sneyd Park Junction, south of {{rws|Sea Mills}}, via {{rws|Clifton Down}}, to join up with the national network at Narroways Hill Junction.{{rp|page=12}} The link opened in 1877, but initially only for goods trains. The route from Sneyd Park Junction to Clifton Down was subsequently cleared for passenger use on 3 August 1878, but the Midland and Great Western Railways did not think the BPRP track was in a suitable condition and so refused to run any passenger trains beyond Clifton Down. Services along the BPRP however increased to eight trains per day in each direction from 1877, and then to ten each way by 1887.{{rp|page=49}} From 1 September 1885, when passenger services along the link finally started, the Great Western offered six trains per day each direction between {{rws|Avonmouth}} and {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}. Fearing competition, the BPRP did not allow passengers to use GWR services between its stations. The Midland Railway did not run any passenger services beyond Clifton Down, apart from a one-month trial service in September 1885.{{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=15–17, 40–42, 107–108|isbn=978-1-901945-30-0}}{{rp|page=41}} Despite the increased traffic the BPRP suffered financially, and was taken over by the CER in 1890.{{rp|pages=10–11}}

In 1893 the platform was lengthened to {{convert|235|ft|m}} at a cost of £235, and a station master's house built. A second track was laid along the line in 1903, and a new platform built on the south side of the line, coming into use on 16 May. The station was remodelled at the same time, adding comfortable waiting rooms. The new platform had a waiting room and 20-lever signal box built on it, with an open footbridge to connect the two platforms. A small goods yard and coal sidings were added behind the northern platform, accessible from the east. The yard was subsequently extended in 1921 by Nott Brodie & Co Ltd to handle traffic from construction of the Bristol Portway. By 1910 there were 17 trains from Bristol to Avonmouth and 15 back, increasing to 21 and 19 respectively by 1920.{{rp|page=49}}

During the First World War, an Army Remount Service depot was located nearby, with Shirehampton station handling the goods traffic, with up to 60 wagons per day inbound, mostly containing hay and sawdust for the horses. Twelve wagons of manure were dispatched each day, some to Cadbury Road on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Light Railway.{{rp|page=24}}

After the war, construction of the Bristol Portway along the Avon Gorge necessitated the closure of the line from Sneyd Park Junction to Hotwells, with trains along it ceasing on 3 July 1922. By this point there were nine trains per day from Hotwells, and eight return. To compensate for the loss of service, the Great Western provided an additional four trains daily towards Bristol and six toward Avonmouth. In 1923, grouping resulted in the Midland Railway being absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), and the line continued in a joint arrangement between the Great Western and the LMS. At this point Shirehampton station employed a station master, three clerks and four porters; throughout the 1930s there were an average of ten staff. From 1928 many services to Avonmouth were extended to {{rws|Severn Beach}}.{{rp|page=49}} By 1947, just before the railways were nationalised, there were 33 services each direction between Avonmouth and Temple Meads, with 18 on Sundays.{{rp|page=41}} Some trains made circular trips to and from Temple Meads via Clifton Down and {{rws|Henbury}} or {{rws|Pilning}}.

{{Historical Rail Start}}

{{rail line|rows1=2|rows2=2|col=000000

|previous= {{rws|Avonmouth}}{{#tag:ref|The station which is now known as {{rws|Avonmouth}} was originally known as Avonmouth Dock, and should not be confused with the nearby station called Avonmouth Docks.{{rp|pages=40–45}}|group="note"}}

|route = Bristol Port Railway and Pier
(1877–1890)

|next = {{rws|Sea Mills}}

}}

{{rail line|col={{GWR colour}}

|hide1 = yes

|route = Great Western Railway
Clifton Extension Railway
(1885–1948)

|hide2 = yes

}}

{{s-end}}

When the railways were nationalised in 1948, services at Shirehampton came under the aegis of the Western Region of British Railways. Staff levels decreased by 1958 to two clerks, two leading porters, one porter, and a stationmaster who was also responsible for Sea Mills railway station. Service levels had decreased slightly by 1955 to 28 towards Avonmouth and 29 towards Bristol, but the services were at regular intervals. Passenger numbers however dropped sharply in 1961 as the result of a fare increase, and so in 1962 a new reduced timetable was enacted, which lost more passengers. A year later in 1963, the Beeching report suggested the complete withdrawal of services along the line, but ultimately only those beyond Severn Beach or via Henbury were withdrawn. Goods services from the station ended on 29 November 1965, and from 17 July 1967 all staffing was withdrawn from stations along the line, including Shirehampton, with tickets issued by the train guard.{{rp|pages=49–51}} An 800-ton oil storage tank was built in the station yard in 1967, with deliveries continuing until the mid-eighties. By 2005 the yard had been redeveloped and was occupied by a commercial vehicle hire company. The general reduction in passenger traffic, as well as the transfer of Avonmouth goods traffic to the Henbury Loop Line, allowed the removal of the second track from 19 October 1970, with all services using the original, northern platform. The signal box was taken out of service at the same time, and the buildings on the remaining platform sold off before being destroyed by a fire in the 1990s. The station master's house is now a private dwelling, with the garden containing a small brick building with a chimney surviving from the station buildings. By 1974, service had reduced to 19 trains per day in each direction,{{rp|page=50}} with no Sunday services beyond Avonmouth.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Sunday-service-puts-smiles-faces-rail-enthusiasts/story-11245243-detail/story.html|title=Sunday service puts smiles on faces of rail enthusiasts|date=24 May 2010|access-date=16 July 2012|work=This is Bristol|publisher=Northcliffe Media}}

British Rail was split into business-led sectors in the 1980s, at which time operations at Shirehampton passed to Regional Railways. At this time, all trains ran to Severn Beach, but the service pattern was irregular. This changed in 1995 when an hourly timetable was introduced for peak times, but northbound services were terminated at Avonmouth.{{rp|page=42}}

When the railway was privatised in 1997, local services were franchised to Wales & West, which was succeeded by Wessex Trains, an arm of National Express, 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}}{{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 }} Following action by Friends of Severn Beach Railway (FOSBR) and a string of protests, services had increased to 10 per day in each direction by 2005, with Bristol City Council providing a subsidy to Wessex Trains.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4757154.stm|title=Lobby to save Severn Beach line|date=27 February 2006|access-date=16 July 2012|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}} The Wessex franchise was amalgamated with the Great Western franchise into the Greater Western franchise from 2006, and responsibility passed to First Great Western, a subsidiary company of FirstGroup, 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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} A minimum service requirement was written into the franchise agreement, ensuring an hourly service along the line, and this has since been increased to three trains every two hours (24 trains per day).{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/FRIENDS-MAKING-RAIL-DIFFERENCE/story-11231595-detail/story.html|title=Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways making rail difference|publisher=Northcliffe Media|work=This is Bristol|date=25 September 2010|access-date=14 April 2012|archive-date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913111203/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/FRIENDS-MAKING-RAIL-DIFFERENCE/story-11231595-detail/story.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaigners-picnic-marks-rail-launch/story-11273781-detail/story.html|title=Campaigners' picnic marks rail launch|publisher=Northcliffe Media|work=This is Bristol|date=17 July 2010|access-date=14 April 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaigners-quick-railway-action/story-11297976-detail/story.html|title=Campaigners call for quick railway action|publisher=Northcliffe Media|work=This is Bristol|date=15 September 2010|access-date=14 April 2012}} Sunday services to Severn Beach were restored in 2010.

{{Historical Rail Start}}

{{rail line|col={{BR(W) colour}}|rows1=4|rows2=4

|previous= {{rws|Avonmouth}}

|route = Western Region of British Railways
Severn Beach Line
(1948–1982)

|next = {{rws|Sea Mills}}

}}

{{rail line|col=0066BB

|hide1 = yes

|route = Regional Railways
Severn Beach Line
(1982–1997)

|hide2 = yes

}}

{{rail line|col=888888

|hide1 = yes

|route = Wales & West
Severn Beach Line
(1997–2001)

|hide2 = yes

}}

{{rail line|col=AA3366

|hide1 = yes

|route = Wessex Trains
Severn Beach Line
(2001–2006)

|hide2 = yes

}}

{{s-end}}

First Great Western declined a contractual option to continue the Greater Western passenger franchise (of which services at Shirehampton 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,{{cite magazine |last= Haigh |first= Philip |title= First leads a field of seven bidding for rail franchises |magazine=Rail Magazine |issue=694 |date=18 April 2012| pages=8–9}}{{cite news|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2012/07/19-great-western-franchise-to-be.html|title=Great Western franchise to be extended|date=19 July 2012|access-date=19 July 2012|work=Railnews}}{{cite press release |title=New Great Western franchise to deliver new express trains |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-great-western-franchise-to-deliver-new-express-trains |publisher=Department for Transport |date=27 July 2012 |access-date=29 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501051319/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-great-western-franchise-to-deliver-new-express-trains |archive-date=1 May 2015 |url-status=live}} but the process was halted and later scrapped due to the fallout from the collapse of the InterCity West Coast franchise competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21272542|title=Great Western London to south Wales rail contest scrapped|date=31 January 2013|access-date=31 January 2013|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}} A two-year franchise extension until September 2015 was agreed in October 2013,{{cite news|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2013/10/03-first-celebrates-lastminute-great-western.html|title=First celebrates last-minute Great Western deal|work=Railnews|date=3 October 2013|access-date=4 October 2013}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24378053|title=First Great Western retains Wales and west rail franchise|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=3 October 2013|access-date=4 October 2013}} and subsequently extended until March 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29565156|title=First Great Western offered new franchise deal|date=10 October 2014|access-date=10 October 2014|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/10/firstgroup-great-western-contract-extension-rail|title=FirstGroup wins Great Western contract extension|date=10 October 2014|access-date=10 October 2014|work=The Guardian}}{{cite news|url=http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/10/10-updated-franchise-schedule-signals-gw.html|title=Updated franchise schedule signals GW extension|date=10 October 2014|access-date=10 October 2014|work=Railnews}}

With the coming upgrade to the Great Western Main Line, the main line from London to Bristol is due to be electrified by 2016.{{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|page=9|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}} However, the electrification will not extend beyond the main lines, so Shirehampton will continue to be served by diesel trains, with the current "Sprinter" units expected to be replaced by {{brc|165|c}} and {{brc|166|n}} "Turbo" units.{{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}}{{cite magazine |last= Clinnick |first= Richard |title= How the West will win with new trains |magazine=Rail Magazine |issue=772 |date=15 April 2015| pages=58–59}} Stephen Williams, former MP for Bristol West; and the group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways supports the electrification being extended to the Severn Beach Line.{{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}}{{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 |pages=7–8 |archive-date=4 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204095719/http://www.fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/11autumn.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Improved services at Shirehampton are called for as part of the Greater Bristol Metro scheme, a rail transport plan which aims to enhance transport capacity in the Bristol area.{{cite web |url=http://www.westofengland.org/media/98508/item%2004%20greater%20bristol%20metro%2013%20march%202009.pdf |title=Item 04: Greater Bristol Metro |first=James |last=White |publisher=West of England Partnership |date=13 March 2009 |access-date=28 December 2011 |archive-date=15 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515034151/http://www.westofengland.org/media/98508/item%2004%20greater%20bristol%20metro%2013%20march%202009.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaign-trains-Bristol-Temple-Meads-half-hour/story-14446079-detail/story.html |title=Campaign for trains from Bristol Temple Meads every half hour |work=This is Bristol |publisher=Northcliffe Media |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120002540/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Campaign-trains-Bristol-Temple-Meads-half-hour/story-14446079-detail/story.html |archive-date=20 January 2012 }} There is an aspiration for half-hourly services, with trains towards Bristol terminating alternately at {{rws|Portishead}} and {{rws|Bath Spa}}, however due to the large sections of the Severn Beach Line which are single-track and to the congested main line from Temple Meads, such frequency is not currently feasible.{{cite web |url=http://fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/FOSBR_Newsletter_85_Spring_2014.pdf |title=FoSBR Newsletter |issue=85 |publisher=Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways |date=April 2014 |access-date=20 November 2014 |page=2 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218180439/http://fosbr.org.uk/files/newsletter/FOSBR_Newsletter_85_Spring_2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Transport-Minister-hears-calls-better-Bristol-train-service/story-11271683-detail/story.html|title=Transport Minister hears calls for better Bristol train service|publisher=Northcliffe Media|work=This is Bristol|date=17 October 2009|access-date=14 April 2012}} The scheme was given the go-ahead in July 2012 as part of the City Deal, whereby local councils would be given greater control over money by the government.{{cite news|author=Ribbeck, Michael |publisher=Northcliffe Media |work=The Post, Bristol |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=6 July 2012 |title=£100 million Bristol Metro train network by 2016 |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/100-million-Bristol-Metro-train-network-2016/story-16492523-detail/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708233227/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/100-million-Bristol-Metro-train-network-2016/story-16492523-detail/story.html |archive-date= 8 July 2012 }} There are also calls for the reopening of the Henbury Loop Line, which could allow a direct service from Shirehampton to {{rws|Bristol Parkway}} via {{rws|Avonmouth}}.{{cite web|url=http://fosbr.org.uk/ourcase|title=Our Case|publisher=Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways|access-date=15 April 2012}} Plans for a loop were rejected by the West of England Joint Transport Board, however Bristol City Councillors voted to send the decision back to the board for further discussion.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-33562999|title=Transport chiefs drop Henbury Loop plan|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 September 2015|date=17 July 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Huge-majority-rethink-decision-Henbury-Loop/story-27690968-detail/story.html|title=Huge majority back rethink on decision for Henbury Loop at a special meeting|work=Bristol Post|publisher=Local World|access-date=16 September 2015|date=28 August 2015}}

• Public transport in Bristol

{{Reflist|group=note}}

{{Reflist}}

{{stn art lrnk|SHH|BS119XA}}

{{Commons category|Shirehampton railway station}}

{{Bristol railway stations}}

{{Transport in Bristol}}

Category:Railway stations in Bristol

Category:DfT Category F2 stations

Category:Former Clifton Extension Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865

Category:Railway stations served by Great Western Railway

Category:Bristol Port Railway and Pier

Category:Severn Beach Line