Portishead Railway
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The Portishead Railway is a branch line railway running from Portishead in North Somerset to the main line immediately west of Bristol, England. It was constructed by the Bristol & Portishead Pier and Railway Company, but it was always operated by its main line neighbour, and was more usually thought of as the Portishead branch or the Portishead railway.
The 1954 Portishead railway station, in 1960
Tunnel in the Avon Gorge
The railway station at Portishead will be built where the old route has been severed by this new road
Bristol and Exeter Railway
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The Bristol and Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It opened in stages between 1841 and 1844. It was allied with the Great Western Railway (GWR), which built its main line between London and Bristol, and in time formed part of a through route between London and Cornwall.
Exeter in 1844. William Spreat's print shows the original Exeter station before the South Devon Railway was opened.
The B&E building at Temple Meads, Bristol
Devil's Bridge, Uphill
Pearson 4-2-4T at Exeter in 1876