Patchway railway station
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Patchway railway station is on the South Wales Main Line, serving the town of Patchway and village of Stoke Gifford in South Gloucestershire, England. It is 6 miles (10 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is PWY. It is managed by Great Western Railway, who provide all train services at the station; there is generally a train every hour in each direction between Cardiff Central and Taunton.
View north from the southern end of the station
A Class 166 with a Portsmouth Harbour service
The original Patchway railway station was 40 chains (0.80 km) west of the current site. It was abandoned when a new, less steep, track (left) was built for trains from Wales towards Bristol.
A passenger train passes west through Patchway in 1958. In the background on the right, a freight train can be seen using the goods loop.
South Wales Main Line
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The South Wales Main Line, originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. It diverges from the core London-Bristol line at Royal Wootton Bassett beyond Swindon, first calling at Bristol Parkway, after which the line continues through the Severn Tunnel into South Wales.
The entrance to the Chipping Sodbury Tunnel with the newly electrified overhead line equipment
Four track railway approaching Cardiff from Newport, prior to electrification