Yate Railway Station
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Yate train Station :- The line was founded by a wealthy Coalpit Heath collier to take his coal to Bristol. The Bristol end opened in 1835 using the GWR broad gauge. It was the first railway into Bristol, beating the Bath to Bristol line by five years. Yate Station was opened when the line was extended northwards towards Gloucester on 8 July 1844. The Brunel station shed, station master's house and turntable bay survive from 1844 but the other station buildings were demolished after the station closed in 1966. |
Yate Train Station Yate and Chipping Sodbury are served by Yate railway station. Yate is approximately 10 minutes by train from Bristol Parkway Station. The journey time between London Paddington and Parkway is approximately one and half hours with frequent connections to Yate station. |
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| The station re-opened in 1989.
With good parking, disabled access and trains to Bristol and
Gloucester. There are good connections to London, the South,
Midlands and Wales. Bristol is served by two main-line train stations; Temple Meads for the city centre and Bristol Parkway for the North of the City. Services between both stations and London are frequent. The journey time is 1hour 45 minutes from Temple Meads and 1hour 30 minutes from Parkway. Regular services also run from Bristol to Heathrow and Gatwick airports (via Reading), South Wales, the North of England, Scotland and the South West. |
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