Bristol Parkway station is to the north of Bristol itself, situated on the main line between London and South Wales. Although the station itself was opened in the 1970s, the current station buildings are 21st Century, seen here from the car park:
The north side of the station building is the main entrance to the concourse:
Inside the building, looking up towards the "upper concourse" which joins the footbridge spanning the tracks:
Looking down from the upper level:
A view of the station building from the platforms, showing the goods line which passes between the station building and the platforms:
The long windows in the upper concourse level allow us this view of the footbridge:
Inside the foootbridge with the upper concourse behind us:
From inside the footbridge, the view west along the line:
Looking east along the line from the footbridge:
Platform 4 is the nearest platform to the station buildings, looking west:
A close-up of the car-park facing side of the station building:
Looking east on platform 4:
Looking west under the canopy on platform 4:
Platform 3 is the other side of the island platform, with platform 2 opposite it:
Platform 2 seen from platform 3:
The stairs and lift up to the footbridge from the platforms form a splendid curve:
Looking east along the line from the end of the island platform:
Looking west along the line from the other end:
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