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.

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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
Bradford-on-Avon	97	91	41
Trowbridge	97	91	42
Westbury	97	91	42
Weston-super-Mare	95	92	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	84	83	33
Chippenham	83	83	37
Cardiff Central	71	65	52
Keynsham	71	63	33
Newport	71	65	53
Exeter St Davids	70	65	47
London Paddington	70	68	36
Lawrence Hill	69	76	28
Reading	69	68	35
Stapleton Road	69	76	28
Gloucester	68	64	30
Oldfield Park	66	62	32
Yate	64	62	28
Tiverton Parkway	62	53	42
Birmingham New Street	58	56	40
Warminster	57	56	28
Severn Tunnel Junction	55	45	29
Weston Milton	54	36	31
Salisbury	50	54	28
Bridgwater	49	49	28
Didcot Parkway	49	54	29
Bedminster	47	35	30
Freshford	47	45	18
Parson Street	47	36	30
Highbridge and Burnham	46	48	28
Newton Abbot	44	43	32
Avoncliff	43	40	18
Clifton Down	42	46	28

and 139 more stations, each served less often.

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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 144.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 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

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More about this station on Wikipedia.