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The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol, England. The line, which had a network of approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) of track, connected the Floating Harbour to the GWR mainline at Bristol Temple Meads .
In 1876 the railway was extended by 1 ⁄ 2 mi (800 m) to Wapping Wharf. In 1906, new branches from the south via the Ashton Avenue swing bridge were built to Canons Marsh on the north side of the Floating Harbour and to Wapping via a line alongside the New Cut. A Coal Concentration Depot owned by Western Fuels was established at Wapping Wharf ...
M Shed is a museum in Bristol, England, located on Prince's Wharf beside the Floating Harbour in a dockside transit shed formerly occupied by Bristol Industrial Museum.The museum's name is derived from the way that the port identified each of its sheds.
Prince's Wharf, including M Shed, Pyronaut and Mayflower adjoining Prince Street Bridge; Dry docks: SS Great Britain, the Matthew St Augustine's Reach, Pero's Bridge; Bathurst Basin
The first section of the line was opened between Bristol and Bridgwater on 14 June 1841, [note 1] just before the GWR completed its line from London to Bristol. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ page needed ] [ 9 ] It was 33 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (53.9 km) in length and double track, with a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -mile (2.4 km) single-line branch to Weston-super-Mare .
The service would run from Bristol Airport to Temple Meads, the centre and north of Bristol and then to Cribbs Causeway, and would cost an estimated £2.5bn. [9] The city council commissioned a £50,000 study to determine the financial viability of the project and Rees suggested £3m for a geological survey. [10] [9]
It opened in 1872 between Bristol Temple Meads and the Floating Harbour. Its route included a tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe church, and a steam-powered bascule bridge over the entrance locks at Bathurst Basin. In 1876 the railway was extended by .5 miles (0.80 km) west to Wapping Wharf. [1]
Vauxhall Bridge is a footbridge in Bristol, England, that crosses the New Cut of the River Avon. At its northern end, the bridge also passes over the Bristol Harbour Railway line from Ashton Gate to Wapping Wharf, which runs along the bank of the New Cut at this point. The bridge was opened in 1900, replacing the Vauxhall ferry.