Bristol Temple Meads railway station
Bristol Temple Meads is a major interchange: 179 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Bath Spa, with 181 trains a day.
See Bristol Temple Meads on the map
Address: Bristol, BS1 6QF
Bristol Temple Meads is the nearest station for postcodes in BS1, BS4. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Bristol Temple Meads
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Spa | 181 | 174 | 79 |
| Filton Abbey Wood | 167 | 154 | 78 |
| Bristol Parkway | 132 | 121 | 69 |
| Lawrence Hill | 111 | 100 | 28 |
| Stapleton Road | 111 | 100 | 28 |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 97 | 91 | 42 |
| Trowbridge | 97 | 91 | 42 |
| Westbury | 97 | 91 | 42 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 95 | 93 | 59 |
| Yatton | 92 | 78 | 55 |
| Nailsea and Backwell | 90 | 73 | 54 |
| Worle | 90 | 70 | 54 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 87 | 88 | 55 |
| Taunton | 87 | 88 | 58 |
| Swindon | 85 | 83 | 35 |
| Chippenham | 84 | 83 | 37 |
| Cardiff Central | 71 | 65 | 52 |
| Exeter St Davids | 71 | 64 | 47 |
| Keynsham | 71 | 63 | 33 |
| Newport | 71 | 65 | 52 |
| Clifton Down | 70 | 70 | 28 |
| Montpelier | 70 | 70 | 28 |
| London Paddington | 70 | 68 | 36 |
| Redland | 70 | 70 | 28 |
| Reading | 69 | 68 | 35 |
| Avonmouth | 68 | 70 | 28 |
| Gloucester | 68 | 64 | 30 |
| Portway Park and Ride | 68 | 69 | 26 |
| Shirehampton | 68 | 70 | 28 |
| Sea Mills | 68 | 70 | 28 |
| Oldfield Park | 66 | 62 | 32 |
| Yate | 64 | 62 | 28 |
| Tiverton Parkway | 63 | 53 | 42 |
| Birmingham New Street | 58 | 56 | 40 |
| Warminster | 57 | 56 | 28 |
| Severn Tunnel Junction | 55 | 45 | 30 |
| Weston Milton | 54 | 36 | 31 |
| Didcot Parkway | 50 | 54 | 30 |
| Salisbury | 50 | 54 | 28 |
| Bridgwater | 49 | 49 | 28 |
and 139 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Bristol Temple Meads is
10,877,308 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 44th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,644,247 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington than any other pair: 1,451,712 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: 129 stations instead of 179, a drop of about 28%. Saturday runs to 145.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Bristol Temple Meads gains 26 destinations including Haverfordwest, Fishguard Harbour, Clarbeston Road, Clunderwen, Whitland, Carmarthen and loses 1 including Newquay.
Nearest other stations
- Bedminster 0.8 miles
- Lawrence Hill 1.0 miles
- Montpelier 1.4 miles
- Stapleton Road 1.4 miles
- Redland 1.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bristol Temple Meads, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bristol St Philip's · 0.4 miles
- Brislington · 1.5 miles
- St Anne's Park · 1.5 miles
- Clifton Bridge · 2.0 miles
- Ashton Gate · 2.0 miles
- Hotwells · 2.1 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.