74-447: Parson Street railway station serves the western end of Bedminster in Bristol , England. It also serves other surrounding suburbs including Bishopsworth , Ashton Vale and Ashton Gate , along with Bristol City FC . It is 2 miles (3.2 km) from Bristol Temple Meads , and 120 miles (193 km) from London Paddington . Its three letter station code is PSN . It was opened in 1927 by
148-466: A booking office on the road bridge. Again, no goods facilities were provided. Parson Street railway station served a dual purpose: as well as serving local suburban developments for commuter and excursion traffic, it also acted as a minor interchange for passengers on the Portishead Branch Line . When Parson Street opened in 1927, there were 21 services each weekday along the branch, operated by
222-512: A downturn in traffic as a result of the recession, units 165001-007 were transferred from the Chiltern lines of Network SouthEast to the Thames lines (from Aylesbury to Reading depots). All vehicles had their tripcock equipment removed before transfer. The following year, unit 165007 was returned to the Chiltern lines, followed by 165006 in 1995. Due to unavailability of tripcock equipment upon their return,
296-761: A horse-shoe shape with the main distance being 475 yards. The track closed on 26 August 1932. The Bedminster council ward does not include the northern part of Bedminster, which is in Southville ward. Nor does it include the area east of the railway line, which is in Windmill Hill ward. Bedminster Down is in Bishopsworth ward. Bedminster ward does include the district of Ashton Vale, to the south of Bedminster. Ashton Vale includes an area of housing centred on Ashton Drive and South Liberty Lane, served by Ashton Vale Primary School. The northern part of Ashton Vale, adjacent to
370-718: A population of 54,194. There is one Children's Nursery and five primary schools in Bedminster: And one secondary school, Bedminster Down School . The two main shopping streets in Bedminster, East Street and North Street, form part of the A38 road , extending from Bedminster Bridge over the New Cut to Bedminster Down. The Bristol to Exeter railway line passes through Bedminster, and there are two railway stations, Bedminster and Parson Street . The former Ashton Gate station used to serve
444-561: A railway station. The line was reopened for freight traffic to serve Royal Portbury Docks in 2002. 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. A consultation on the plans was held between 22 June and 3 August 2015 to gather views from the community and stakeholders before moving on to detailed designs. The detailed proposals will be subject to
518-726: A reopened Ashton Gate . Trains could also be extended on to the Severn Beach Line . The line will be operated as part of the Greater Western passenger franchise. The Down Relief line between Bristol Temple Meads and Parson Street is to be partially reinstated as part of the MetroWest scheme in order to ease congestion. According to the Great Western Route Utilisation Strategy, in the December 2007 timetable period,
592-554: A result of the coalfield and industries such as smelting, tanneries, glue-works, paint and glass factories. In the 1880s two major employers moved there – E. S. & A. Robinson (paper bag manufacturers) and W.D. & H.O. Wills (cigarette and cigar makers). The population overflowed to Windmill Hill , Totterdown , Southville , the Chessels and Bedminster Down . During this time, churches, public houses , shops and businesses were built, some of which still survive. Victoria Park
666-438: A second consultation before the plans are finalised. Due to the additional capital costs , the line will not be electrified, however the design will include passive provision for future electrification. Trains along the reopened line will operate between Portishead and Bristol Temple Meads, with two trains per hour in each direction. Services would call at Pill and Parson Street, with aspirations to also call at Bedminster and
740-458: A small scale since the 1670s, but in 1748 the first shafts were sunk by Sir Jarrit Smyth at South Liberty Lane. By the end of the century there were eighteen coal-pits operating in the Bedminster and Ashton Vale coalfield. Between 1804 and 1809 the New Cut was excavated through the northern part of the parish from Temple Meads to Hotwells , providing a new course for the River Avon , enabling
814-429: Is for eastbound trains. The track on the southern side of the southern island has been removed, while the track to the northern side of the northern island is only accessible to trains to or from the Portishead Branch Line and Liberty Lane Freightliner terminal – no passenger trains use this. The speed limit through the station is 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) on the main lines and 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) on
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#1732852675279888-422: Is mostly residential, with some industrial buildings to the north-east. There are two island platforms, each 210 yards (190 m) long, but only the first 100 yards (91 m) are in use, the rest fenced off. The platforms are on an alignment of roughly 60 degrees, with a slight curve. The southern island's northern face, platform 1, is for westbound trains; and the southern face of the northern island, platform 2,
962-585: Is on the Weston-super-Mare/ Yate corridor, one of the main axes of MetroWest , a rail transport plan which aims to enhance transport capacity in the Bristol area. As part of this scheme, the Portishead Branch Line , which runs along the south side of the River Avon from a junction just beyond Parson Street, will be reopened. The line was built in the 1860s, but closed to passenger traffic in 1964, leaving Portishead as one of Britain's largest towns without
1036-524: The Avon , was an early Christian place for baptisms —the old word for which, beydd , may be the origin of Bedminster's name. Substantial Roman remains have also been found at Bedminster Down , including plaster, tesserae (hence mosaic floors), sandstone roof tiles, coins and pottery, hence the site is thought to be a Roman Villa occupied by the Romano-British . By the late Anglo-Saxon period Bedminster
1110-472: The Birmingham Moor Street - Leamington Spa local services. A new depot was built at Aylesbury in 1990/1991 for the maintenance of these trains and has been enlarged since British Rail days, with the addition of a wheel lathe. Light maintenance and refuelling is carried out at Wembley LMD and Tyseley TMD , and units can occasionally be found at Stourbridge LMD . Units are also regularly stabled in
1184-490: The Bristol and Exeter Railway 's main line opened on 14 June 1841 between Bristol and Bridgwater . Engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel , the line was originally built as 7 ft ( 2,134 mm ) broad-gauge , but had been reconstructed as a mixed gauge line to accommodate local 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm )-gauge traffic by 1 June 1875. Broad gauge trains ceased operation on 20 May 1892. The Portishead Branch Line , which diverged from
1258-421: The Bristol to Exeter line at Parson Street Junction, the other side of a road bridge west of where the station would be built, had opened on 12 July 1867. It was only in 1871, with the opening of a station at Bedminster that there was a stop between the junction and Bristol Temple Meads. As Bristol expanded in the early 20th century, the need for a new station to serve the outskirts grew, and on 29 August 1927,
1332-554: The Great Western Main Line ; their main destinations included local trains to Reading , Greenford , Newbury , Bedwyn , Oxford, and Banbury , and services along the branch lines to Windsor & Eton Central , Henley-on-Thames , Marlow and Bicester Town . Following the privatisation of British Rail , the franchise was won by the Go-Ahead Group , who operated it as Thames Trains from 1996 to 2004 and inherited all
1406-462: The Great Western Railway opened a station at Parson Street, named Parson Street Halt . There were two platforms, one on each side of the two running lines. There was a wooden shelter on the westbound platform, and a metal shelter on the eastbound platform. The platforms were made of wood, with access from the main road via steps. No goods facilities were provided. The station was rebuilt in
1480-410: The Great Western Railway , and was rebuilt in 1933. The station, which has two through-lines and two platforms, plus one freight line for traffic on the Portishead Branch Line , has minimal facilities. As of 2020, it is managed by Great Western Railway , which is the sixth company to be responsible for the station, and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at
1554-623: The Portishead Railway line, is mixed light industrial and retail outlets. The Bedminster council ward elects two members of Bristol City Council . Ellie Freeman ( Green Party ) and Emily Jade Clarke ( Labour Party ) are the current ward councillors. Bedminster is part of the Bristol South constituency, whose MP is Karin Smyth of the Labour Party since 2015. The following suburbs are in
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#17328526752791628-604: The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company , the 2,000 tonne Avon and Severn in 1842. In 1862 John Payne Ltd took over the yard, then known as the Vauxhall Yard, and continued to build coastal cargo ships , and small craft such as tugs . They closed in 1925, and the site was taken over by Bristol Metal Welding and Spraying Company, who are still in business there today. The population of Bedminster increased rapidly, from 3,000 in 1801 to 78,000 in 1884, mostly as
1702-557: The Thames line subdivision of Network SouthEast, numbered 165101–137. Like the Chiltern units, both 2-car and 3-car variants were built. Units 165101-117 were delivered as 3-car units, followed by the 2-car units 165118–137. They are regeared and fitted with bogie yaw dampers to allow a top speed of 90 mph (145 km/h), more suitable for mainline use. Each unit was formed of two outer driving motors, with an additional intermediate motor in
1776-500: The 166 units, a lot of the 165 units remain to be based at Reading TMD where they continue to operate Thames Valley services. Some units have been named these are as follows: It was reported in September 2018 that Angel Trains was to convert class 165 units for Chiltern Railways to hybrid diesel and battery-powered trains . In April 2020, two-car unit 165004 was sent to LORAM rail at Derby for HyDrive conversion. In August 2023 it
1850-733: The 166s, they have rapidly been introduced on other services such as the Weston-super-Mare to Filton Abbey Wood (now Weston-super-Mare / Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach / Filton Abbey Wood ) services, the Cardiff Central to Taunton services, the Golden Valley Line , the Heart of Wessex Line and also some services on the Wessex Main Line as far as Warminster and Southampton Central . In January 2019, they began operating
1924-677: The 1970s saw the Down Relief line, the most southern of the four running lines, converted to a siding linking Malago Vale carriage sidings to the east with the West Depot carriage sidings to the west. At the same time, Parson Street Junction was reworked, requiring trains to first cross from the Down Main line to the Up Main line before they were able to access the Portishead Branch. The Down Relief line
1998-449: The 3-car units. The technical description of the formation is DMOCL+MOS+DMOS. Although still listed on the vehicle data sheets at DMCL vehicles, the first-class area has been removed from 2-car 165s operated by GWR. As such these vehicles are now technically DMOSL vehicles. The 3-car units were similarly declassified, but the first-class accommodation has now been reinstated on these. Individual carriages are numbered as follows: Unit 165115
2072-733: The Ashton area and Bristol City F.C. Bedminster is home to many sports teams, including Broad Plain Rugby Club, who play in the Bristol Combination league, and Bedminster Cricket Club, which was founded in 1847 and has historical links with W. G. Grace , who play in the West of England Premier League . Broad Plain RFC are based at Bristol South End , off St Johns Lane, which was the home of Bristol City Football Club before they moved to Ashton Gate , and later
2146-977: The Class 165/1 Turbo trains as well as the first five Class 165/0 Turbo trains that had been transferred from the Chiltern lines. In April 2004, operation of the Thames Trains franchise passed to First Great Western Link . In 2004, due to deliveries of new Class 180 Adelante units on sister company First Great Western , the five Class 165/0 Turbo units became redundant and were transferred to Chiltern Railways . In January 2010, First Great Western announced an £8 million refurbishment programme for its fleet of Classes 165 and 166 Turbo DMU trains: In 2012, First Great Western took delivery of Class 180 Adelante units for Cotswold Line services, and three-car Class 150 Sprinter units for Reading to Basingstoke Line services, allowing Class 165 and 166 units to be used to reinforce Thames Valley services. In late 2015, as part of
2220-427: The Class 168 Clubman trains, CCTV cameras and an area designated for the use of wheelchair users were added and the first-class section was removed, as Chiltern became a standard-class-only railway in 2003. The original 3+2 seating at the outer ends of the driving vehicles was replaced by new 2+2 high-back seating. The existing 3+2 low-back seating was retained in the centre areas of the driving vehicles and throughout
2294-703: The Great Western Railway at half-hour intervals from Temple Meads. There were 8 trains on Sundays. Following the Second World War , service levels dropped dramatically along the Portishead branch. When the railways were nationalised in 1948 , services at Parson Street came under the auspices of the Western Region of British Railways , and by the time the branch was closed to passengers in 1964, there were only six trains each weekday, and none on Sundays. With
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2368-525: The Martyr by 1200. These chapelries subsequently became separate civil parishes , and were transferred from Somerset to Bristol when it was made a county corporate in 1373. The ancient parish of Bedminster also extended westwards into a rural area which subsequently became the parish of Abbots Leigh . Although treated as separate civil parishes from the Middle Ages , Abbots Leigh, St Mary Redcliffe and St Thomas
2442-611: The Martyr remained part of the ecclesiastical parish of Bedminster until 1852. Having lost Abbots Leigh and ceded the three former chapelries in the Redcliffe area to Bristol in the Middle Ages, the boundaries of the civil parish then remained essentially unchanged, and entirely in Somerset, until the nineteenth century. In 1803 the Act of Parliament authorising the construction of the New Cut of
2516-458: The Marylebone station environs, Aylesbury South Sidings and at Banbury, where a further depot is currently under construction at the south end of the station on the western side of the line. All Chiltern units were refurbished between late 2003 and early 2005. Air conditioning was added and the opening hopper windows replaced with sealed units. A new passenger information system, similar to that on
2590-592: The Paddington suburban units were initially known as Thames Turbos , while the units operated on the Marylebone suburban network were known as Chiltern Turbos . Externally, the class 165 can be distinguished from a Class 166 by the opening hoppers on every other window. Thirty-nine Class 165/0 Networker trains were built in 1990–91, in two batches, for the Chiltern subdivision of Network SouthEast, numbered 165001–039. Both 2-car and 3-car variants were built. Initially, thirty-three units were ordered (comprising
2664-520: The River Avon transferred the northern strip of Bedminster parish, as lay between the old course of the river and the proposed New Cut, from Somerset into the city and county of Bristol, but left the parish boundary unaffected. In 1836 a further area lying south of the New Cut, including the village (as it was then described) of Bedminster itself, was also brought within Bristol's city boundaries. After 1803
2738-540: The South West pass non-stop throughout the day, with Great Western Railway services between London Paddington and Weston-super-Mare passing through during the morning and evening peaks. The typical journey time to Bristol Temple Meads is 7 minutes, while to Weston-super-Mare takes 31 minutes. The adjacent bus stop is served by the First West of England number 76 bus, between Hengrove and Henbury . The first section of
2812-606: The centre vehicles of the three-car units. A cycle/wheelchair area with tip-up seats was also added to each unit. A further refurbishment began in 2015, concentrating on the toilet areas, to make these units fully Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA)-compliant for operation beyond 2020. They can often be found on the Aylesbury to London Marylebone routes including the Princes Risborough shuttle. The Class 165/1 fleet were built for local services from London Paddington along
2886-522: The civil parish of Bedminster therefore straddled Somerset and the city and county of Bristol, until the Local Government Act 1894 directed that parishes could no longer straddle county boundaries. The parish was then split into two parts; a reduced Bedminster parish covering the parts within the city of Bristol and a parish called "Bedminster Without" covering the parts outside the city. Bedminster Without ceded further territory to Bristol in 1898 and
2960-465: The closure of the branch, Parson Street lost its interchange status, and in January 1971 the station buildings were demolished. Some special services did continue along the branch to Ashton Gate , carrying fans to Bristol City FC games at the nearby Ashton Gate Stadium . These ceased in 1977, and Parson Street became the arrival and departure point for these trains. The Bristol Area Resignalling Scheme in
3034-412: The death as non-suspicious. Another person was struck by a train and killed at Parson Street in an unrelated incident on 26 August 2019; this was also treated by police as non-suspicious. Bedminster, Bristol Bedminster , colloquially known as Bemmy , is a district of Bristol , England, on the south side of the city. It is also the name of a council ward which includes the central part of
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3108-551: The district. The eastern part of Bedminster is known as Windmill Hill . To the south is Bedminster Down . Southville ward is also part of Bedminster. Bedminster was once a small town in Somerset . The town's origins seem to be Roman , centred on the present East Street and West Street. Finds here have been interpreted as an enclosed rural farmstead, dating between the 2nd and 4th centuries, but with possible Iron Age origins. The river Malago , which runs through Bedminster to join
3182-497: The early 1930s to cope with the relaying of the line west from Temple Meads with four tracks instead of two. Considerable engineering works were needed to cope with the widening of the station, including the removal of a short tunnel to the west of the station. The two new island platforms opened on 21 May 1933, and the station name was changed to simply Parson Street in November 1933. The new station included covered waiting shelters, and
3256-504: The evening. All trains at Parson Street also stop at Nailsea & Backwell westbound and Bedminster eastbound. On Saturday there is a similar pattern, but with no services beyond Bristol Parkway or Weston-super-Mare except during the early morning and late evening. Sunday sees a reduced service, with only three trains westbound and two eastbound, all after 4pm. Services are mostly formed by Class 165 or and 166 diesel multiple-unit trains. CrossCountry services between Scotland and
3330-407: The existing Class 165 fleet to move to the Bristol area. Class 165s continue to service the aforementioned branch lines, but no longer run to London Paddington except during peak hours. Following the transfer of the 166 units to St Philip's Marsh depot in July 2017, some of the 165 services have since followed on with the first 165 operating in the Bristol area in July 2018. Since then and alongside
3404-459: The freight line. The station is surrounded on all sides by the A38 road , which splits the carriageways at this point, with the station in between. The line runs under the road at both ends of the station. Access between the platforms is via steps to the A38 at the east end of the platforms. There is no disabled access. Facilities at the station are minimal – there is a metal and glass shelter on each of
3478-465: The line through Parson Street was running at over 75% capacity in the morning peak between 8 and 9am. It was predicted that by 2019, trains working the line would be completely full during peak hours. While the three tracks could cope with traffic generated by the reopening of the Portishead Line, campaigners note it would leave little room for growth. Parson Street Junction will also be upgraded during
3552-638: The main line, heading north. The South Liberty Lane goods depot is adjacent to the junction, in the triangle between the main line, the Portishead Branch and the now-disused western connection between the branch and the main line. The station is managed by Great Western Railway , who also operate all rail services from the station. As of the December 2011 timetable, the basic service from Monday to Friday consists of one train in each direction per hour, between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare , calling at all stations. Some trains working between Cardiff and Taunton or Exeter St Davids call at peak hours and in
3626-575: The original course to be held at a constant level so that shipping could stay afloat in Bristol Harbour , now known as the Floating Harbour. In addition to removing the tides, the new cut also helped with reducing silting in the harbour. In 1840 the shipbuilder Acramans, Morgan and Co opened the Bedminster Yard on the New Cut, to build a number of steam ships including two large vessels for
3700-481: The rebranding to GWR, the Class 165 fleet had all first-class sections removed to increase capacity. Following the electrification of the Great Western Main Line up to Didcot Parkway, as well as the Reading-Taunton line as far as Newbury, services between London Paddington and Didcot Parkway, as well as between Reading and Newbury, have been operated by new Class 387 electric multiple units , allowing much of
3774-455: The regional service between Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour which allowed more of the Class 158 units that solely operated this service to move more west. The transfer of the 165 (and 166) units to services in and around Bristol and Exeter have overall allowed units that previously operated these services to move further west, such as the Class 150 and Class 158 units. More so than
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#17328526752793848-478: The remaining five were returned from Thames Trains in 2004 - leaving Chiltern Railways operating the whole subclass. After privatisation they continued to work similar services as before but, with the arrival of the faster Class 168 Clubman units , the 165 Turbo trains were displaced and are now found less often on expresses to Birmingham, generally working on shorter routes such as stopping services to Aylesbury , High Wycombe , and Stratford-upon-Avon and also
3922-553: The same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset : British Rail Class 165 The British Rail Class 165 Networker Turbo is a fleet of suburban diesel-hydraulic multiple unit passenger trains (DMUs), originally specified by and built for the British Rail Thames and Chiltern Division of Network SouthEast . They were built by BREL York Works between 1990 and 1992. An express version
3996-573: The sports and social club associated with E. S. & A. Robinson. Bedminster is home to one of Bristol's two city farms , below Windmill Hill , and also the national headquarters for the Federation of City Farms. Opposite the city farm is Bristol's Hackspace , a shared workshop for electronics and robotics hobbyists. A greyhound racing track called the Magnet Racecourse was opened on 9 June 1928, on South Liberty Lane, Long Ashton. The racing
4070-443: The station during the 2005/06 financial year. Since then, service levels have increased to 21 westbound trains and 18 eastbound per weekday, and passenger levels have more than quadrupled, to 102,654 in 2013/14. The campaign group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways held a celebration in 2009 to mark the increase in passenger numbers. They were joined by pupils from Parson Street Primary School who had provided artwork to brighten up
4144-427: The station, mainly an hourly service between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare . The station is built in a cutting in the western end of Bedminster , on the Bristol to Exeter line 120 miles 16 chains (193.44 km) from London Paddington and 1 mile 65 chains (2.92 km) from Bristol Temple Meads . It is the second station along the line from Bristol Temple Meads. The surrounding area
4218-464: The station. In 2009, a gang of teenagers robbed a group of four 12- to 15-year-old boys of their bikes at Parson Street. The robbers followed their targets off the train, having got on at Weston-super-Mare , and attacked the boys as the train pulled away. On 11 June 2019, a man in his 80s died after being struck by a train at Parson Street, delaying train services between Bristol Temple Meads and Worle . The British Transport Police subsequently treated
4292-593: The station. This was done as part of the Severnside Schools Community Stations Programme, organised by the Severnside Community Rail Partnership . The Severnside CRP also installed plant displays in 2008, and in 2011 distributed leaflets advertising train services to local residents, in association with Bristol City Council and Passenger Focus . In January 2017 a group called Friends of Parson Street Railway Station
4366-407: The two islands as well as on the bridge. The station is completely unstaffed, but there is a ticket machine. There are customer help points, giving next train information for both platforms. There is no car park or taxi rank, nor is there any cycle storage available. There are several bus stops nearby. Just to the west of the station is Parson Street Junction, where the Portishead Branch diverges from
4440-438: The units were coupled cab-to-cab and operated for some months between the vehicles of other units as semi-permanently formed four-car units - until tripcock equipment became available, allowing them to be restored to operational two-car units. Following privatisation, two former Chiltern units (165003 and 165005) were repainted into Thames Trains livery. Chiltern Railways inherited 34 Class 165/0 units from Network SouthEast, and
4514-551: The vehicles that made up units 165001-165022 and 165029–165039) but an additional order was placed for a further six units (165023-028). Units 165001-028 were delivered consecutively, as 2-car units, whilst units 165029-039 were delivered as 3-car units. These vehicles have a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h). They are now all fitted with tripcocks for working over the London Underground lines between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill , although upon delivery this equipment
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#17328526752794588-675: The works. There have been several railway incidents in the Parson Street area over the years. On 19 November 2002, a Wessex Trains diesel multiple unit suffered an axle problem near Parson Street while operating a westbound service, causing the line to be blocked for four hours. Delays all along the line to Taunton have been caused by trackside cabling being stolen, affecting signalling between Nailsea & Backwell and Bedminster . Notable occurrences of this type happened in October 2006 and May 2012. Theft of personal property has also occurred on
4662-662: Was a manor held by King Edward the Confessor in the 11th century, and in the Domesday Book of 1086 was still in royal hands. The Royal Manor of Bedminster comprised all the land south of the Avon, from the Avon Gorge to Brislington , and in the Domesday Book had 25 villeins , 3 slaves and 27 smallholders . In 1154 it was given to the Lords of Berkeley , who kept it for 300 years. In 1605 it
4736-626: Was amalgamated with the Great Western franchise into the Greater Western franchise from 2006, and responsibility passed to First Great Western . The franchise was rebranded Great Western Railway in 2015. In recent years, there has been a marked increase in passengers travelling to and from Parson Street. In the 2002/03 financial year , less than 4,000 passengers used the station; and in 2005, only six eastbound and eight westbound trains called at Parson Street each day, with 14,293 passengers using
4810-685: Was destroyed in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash . The 165/0 units were originally delivered in Network SouthEast livery for used on routes including fast services from London Marylebone to Princes Risborough and Banbury and local services from Aylesbury to London and Princes Risborough. In this role they replaced the Class 115 DMUs. They were later used further afield, when Chiltern services were extended to serve Leamington Spa , Warwick , Solihull and Birmingham Snow Hill / Birmingham Moor Street railway station . In December 1993, due to
4884-486: Was formed to lobby for improvements to facilities and services at the station. In 2000/01, the track towards Portishead were relaid to allow rail access to Royal Portbury Docks . In 2010, another section of track was reinstated to allow the reopening of South Liberty Lane depot to handle Trans Ocean's wine import business, reducing road traffic. Seven trains terminate at the depot every week. The depot had closed in 1990 due to lack of demand for its facilities. Parson Street
4958-408: Was independent (not affiliated to the sports governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club ) known as a flapping track, which was the nickname given to independent tracks. The NGRC refused to license the Magnet Greyhound Racing Company because the district already had licensed tracks at Eastville Stadium and Knowle Stadium . Racing was held as many as five times per week on what was described as
5032-537: Was laid out at the north of Bedminster in the late 1880s to provide recreational facilities for the new housing development. Bedminster Town Hall was erected in 1891. In World War II , Bedminster was one of several areas of Bristol that were heavily bombed during the Bristol Blitz . Post-war town planning relocated most of the heavy industry to the rural areas to the south of the parish, and new estates grew up in Withywood , Hartcliffe and Highridge . Bedminster, New Jersey , chartered by King George II in 1748,
5106-465: Was named after Bedminster in Bristol. The parish of Bedminster was part of the hundred of Hartcliffe . The parish anciently extended north up to the original course of the River Avon at Bristol Bridge , in what is now the city centre of Bristol. Several early chapelries were created within the parish covering where the urban area of Bristol was growing south of the river, including Temple Church by 1147, St Mary Redcliffe by 1158, and St Thomas
5180-442: Was only fitted to 165006–028. Automatic Train Protection is also fitted, making them one of the few classes to have both these features in Britain. Each unit was formed of two outer driving motors, with an additional intermediate motor in the 3-car units. The technical description of the formation is DMOSL+MOS+DMOS. Individual carriages are numbered as follows: Thirty-seven Class 165/1 Networker trains were built in 1992 for
5254-424: Was purchased by the Smyth family of Ashton Court who remained the Lords of the Manor until the 19th century. In 1644, during the English Civil War , Bedminster was sacked by Prince Rupert . When John Wesley preached there in the 1760s, it was a sprawling, decayed market town, with orchards next to brickworks , ropewalks and the beginnings of a mining industry. Open cast coal mining had been done on
5328-451: Was removed altogether when West Depot closed sometime after the opening of a new depot at St Philips Marsh to service High Speed Trains . British Rail was split into business-led sectors in the 1980s, at which time operations at Bedminster passed to Regional Railways . Local services were franchised to Wales & West when the railway was privatised in 1997, which was in turn succeeded by Wessex Trains in 2001. The Wessex franchise
5402-400: Was renamed Bishopsworth shortly afterwards, which in turn was abolished as a parish in 1951, mostly being absorbed into Bristol. Within the city, the parish of Bedminster was abolished on 30 September 1896, becoming part of a short-lived civil parish called South Bristol before all the parishes in the city were united into a single civil parish called Bristol in 1898. In 1891 the parish had
5476-464: Was subsequently built in the form of the Class 166 Networker Turbo Express trains. Both classes are now referred to as " Networker Turbos ", a name derived some three years later for the project that resulted in the visually similar Class 365 and Class 465 EMUs. The class is still in service, now operated by Great Western Railway and by Chiltern Railways . When operated originally by Network SouthEast, along with that operator's Class 166 trains,
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