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 | 31 |
| Newport | 65 | 42 | 31 |
| London Paddington | 65 | 46 | 41 |
| Yate | 64 | 62 | 28 |
| Swindon | 63 | 46 | 41 |
| Reading | 62 | 46 | 41 |
| 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 |
| Chesterfield | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Leeds | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Sheffield | 27 | 28 | 25 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| Bath Spa | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| 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 | 18 |
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: 86 stations instead of 140, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 127.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 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.