Bristol Parkway railway station
Bristol Parkway is a major interchange: 140 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Bristol Temple Meads, with 132 trains a day.
See Bristol Parkway on the map
Address: Station Approach Road, Bristol, BS34 8PU
Bristol Parkway is the nearest station for postcodes in BS16, BS36. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Bristol Parkway
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Temple Meads | 132 | 121 | 69 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 87 | 87 | 55 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 71 | 64 | 28 |
| Gloucester | 68 | 64 | 30 |
| Cardiff Central | 65 | 42 | 37 |
| Newport | 65 | 42 | 37 |
| London Paddington | 65 | 46 | 46 |
| Yate | 64 | 62 | 28 |
| Swindon | 63 | 46 | 47 |
| Reading | 62 | 46 | 47 |
| Birmingham New Street | 58 | 56 | 40 |
| Bridgend | 46 | 39 | 29 |
| Neath | 46 | 39 | 29 |
| Port Talbot Parkway | 46 | 39 | 29 |
| Swansea | 46 | 39 | 29 |
| Cam and Dursley | 38 | 36 | 28 |
| Exeter St Davids | 36 | 33 | 27 |
| Taunton | 36 | 34 | 27 |
| Newton Abbot | 35 | 33 | 27 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 35 | 33 | 27 |
| Plymouth | 30 | 28 | 24 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 29 | 29 | 13 |
| Totnes | 29 | 28 | 24 |
| Derby | 28 | 30 | 25 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 28 | 27 | 0 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 28 | 29 | 13 |
| Bath Spa | 27 | 26 | 1 |
| Chesterfield | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Leeds | 27 | 5 | 6 |
| Sheffield | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 27 | 5 | 5 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Keynsham | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Oldfield Park | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Trowbridge | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Westbury | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| York | 24 | 25 | 19 |
| Darlington | 23 | 23 | 19 |
| Durham | 23 | 23 | 19 |
| Didcot Parkway | 23 | 16 | 23 |
and 100 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Bristol Parkway is
2,325,558 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 250th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 875,145 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Bristol Parkway and London Paddington than any other pair: 763,594 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 83 stations instead of 140, a drop of about 41%. Saturday runs to 127.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Bristol Parkway gains 11 destinations including Llanharan, Pontyclun, Maesteg, Garth (Bridgend), Sarn, Maesteg Ewenny Road.
Nearest other stations
- Filton Abbey Wood 1.2 miles
- Patchway 1.2 miles
- Ashley Down 2.9 miles
- Stapleton Road 3.4 miles
- Montpelier 3.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bristol Parkway, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- North Filton Platform · 1.3 miles
- Bristol Brabazon · 1.6 miles
- Horfield · 1.8 miles
- Winterbourne · 2.0 miles
- Charlton Halt · 2.3 miles
- Fishponds · 2.6 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.