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Bristol And South Wales Union Railway
Hob Uid: 198655
Location : South Gloucestershire, City of Bristol Pilning and Severn Beach, Filton, Stoke Gifford Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : ST5420086550
Summary : Railway built in 1863 between Bristol and South Wales utilising the Ferry at New Passage Pier. Following the opening of the Severn Tunnel in 1886, the section between Patchway and New Passage Pier closed and the line was rerouted via the GWR line and the tunnel.
More information : (ST 56368470 to ST 5440 & ST 54298528) Bristol & South Wales Union Line (NAT) (Centred ST 54208655) Pier (NAT) (ST 54418641) New Passage Hotel (NAT) (1) Dismantled Railway (NAT) (2) The Bristol and South Wales Union line to New Passage pier where the trains connected with the ferry to Portskewett, see plan (3). The line was opened in 1863 with a broad gauge, but worked by the Great Western Railway from 1864. It was converted to standard gauge in 1873. (3-4) The New Passage and old Pilning stations were closed at the opening of the Severn Tunnel in 1886 and the line finally closed in 1964. The hotel is still in use and the stone landward section of the pier can still be seen. No trace remains of the New Passage station but the circular turntable with its low masonry well can still be seen. (5) The railway turntable referred to above (5) is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs. The circular turntable is centred at ST 5437 8637 immediately before the New Passage pier. The turntable measures 15m in diameter. The section of railway line from Redwick to New Passage pier was closed in 1.12.1886. The turntable was no longer visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989. (6-8)

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Source details : OS/89301 V 157 18-JUN-1989
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Source details : South Gloucestershire HER (Number 5063)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Opened 1863
Monument End Date : 1863
Monument Start Date : 1863
Monument Type : Pier, Railway, Railway Turntable
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Closed 1964
Monument End Date : 1964
Monument Start Date : 1964
Monument Type : Railway, Railway Turntable
Evidence : Earthwork, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (South Gloucestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 5063
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : LINEAR 1812
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-04-10
End Date : 2008-11-01

Historic England Research Records

Bristol And South Wales Union Railway