Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire, England

Kaushik Biswas 2016-06-15

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Bath, Somerset
1. Bath Green Park railway station
2. Bathampton railway station
3. Hampton Row Halt railway station
4. Kelston railway station
5. Westmoreland Street railway station
6. Weston (Bath) railway station

Bristol

1. Ashley Hill railway station
2. Ashton Gate railway station
3. Avonmouth Docks railway station
4. Bristol St Philip's railway station
5. Chittening Platform railway station
6. Clifton Bridge railway station
7. Fishponds railway station
8. Horfield railway station
9. Hotwells Halt railway station
10. Hotwells railway station
11. St Anne's Park railway station

Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire


1. Badminton railway station
2. Charfield railway station
3. Charlton Halt railway station (Bristol)
4. Chipping Sodbury railway station
5. Hallen Halt railway station
6. Henbury railway station
7. Iron Acton railway station
8. Mangotsfield railway station
9. Monkton Combe Halt railway station
10. North Filton Platform railway station
11. Staple Hill railway station
12. Thornbury railway station, Gloucestershire
13. Twerton-on-Avon railway station
14. Tytherington railway station
15. Warmley railway station
16. Wickwar railway station
17. Winterbourne railway station

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Bristol,_Bath_and_South_Gloucestershire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Bath,_Somerset
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_Bristol

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Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.

An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.

Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory.

Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England.

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