Bristol Parkway railway station 4.73

Bristol Parkway railway station, on the South Wales Main Line, is in the Stoke Gifford area in the northern suburbs of the Bristol conurbation. It is 112miles from London Paddington. Its three-letter station code is BPW. The station was opened in 1972 by British Rail, and was the first in a new generation of park and ride stations. It is the third-most heavily used station in the West of England, after and. There are three platforms, and a well-equipped waiting area. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide most of the trains at the station, with CrossCountry providing the rest.The line is not electrified, but plans remain in place to address this as part of the planned modernisation of the Great Western Main Line. A new platform will also be built, allowing increased services from London.