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The Severn Beach line is a local railway line in Bristol and Gloucestershire, England, which runs from Bristol Temple Meads to Severn Beach, and used to extend to Pilning. The first sections of the line were opened in 1863 as part of the Bristol Port Railway and Pier; the section through Bristol was opened in 1875 as the Clifton Extension Railway.
First Great Western 150233 crosses the River Trym near Sea Mills on its way to Avonmouth.
Temple Meads to Severn Beach train in 1958 headed by a BR Standard tank steam locomotive
A railcar operating a Severn Beach line service at Lawrence Hill in the 1970s
British Rail Engineering Limited concept railbus LEV3 on an evaluation run at Stapleton Road in 1981
Lawrence Hill railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and Cross Country Route, serving the inner-city districts of Easton and Lawrence Hill in Bristol, England. It is 1.0 mile (1.6 km) from Bristol Temple Meads. Its three letter station code is LWH. The station has two platforms, four running lines and minimal facilities. It is managed by Great Western Railway, the seventh company to be responsible for the station and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997. They provide all train services at the station, the standard service being two trains per hour along the Severn Beach Line and an hourly service between Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood.
Class 166 at Lawrence Hill with an Avonmouth service
A Cardiff-Portsmouth express passes through Lawrence Hill in 1962. The signal box is visible on the left.
The station in 1964, looking south towards Church Road. This is the western two platforms.