Editing Bristol Parkway railway station (section)

===Rail===
[[File:Bristol Parkway railway station MMB 2019-08-01 6130.jpg|thumb|Bristol Parkway is served by intercity services operated by [[CrossCountry]] and [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]. Here, a northbound CrossCountry service (right) passes a westbound Great Western Railway service.]]
[[File:Bristol Parkway railway station 2019-05-04 47781771851.jpg|thumb|A Great Western Railway service from Swansea to London.]]
[[File:GWR Class 158 BPW.jpg|alt=|thumb|Local stopping services operated by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] serve the station as well. Here a Class 158 awaits its next duties.]]
The station is managed by [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]], who operate most rail services from the station.<ref name="nrfacilities">{{cite web |url= http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/bpw/details.aspx |title=Bristol Parkway (BPW) |publisher=[[National Rail]] |access-date=22 September 2013}}</ref> Their weekday service consists of two trains per hour each way between {{rws|London Paddington}} and {{rws|Cardiff Central}} (one extended to {{rws|Swansea}}), one service each way between {{rws|Westbury}} and {{rws|Gloucester}} via {{rws|Bristol Temple Meads}}, and one train per hour between {{rws|Worcester Foregate Street}} and Temple Meads (one train every two hours extended to {{rws|Great Malvern}} and {{rws|Weymouth}}).<ref name="FGWTTC1">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC01_Web.ashx |title=Central 1: Guide to train times 8 December 2013 to 17 May 2014 – London to Bristol, Cheltenham Spa and South Wales |date=November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=[[First Great Western]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011350/http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC01_Web.ashx |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FGWTTC4">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC04_Web.ashx |title=Central 4: Guide to train times 8 December 2013 to 17 May 2014 – Cardiff and Bristol to Weston-super-Mare and Taunton |date=November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=[[First Great Western]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011939/http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC04_Web.ashx |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}</ref><ref name="FGWTTC5">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC05_Web.ashx |title=Central 5: Guide to train times 8 December 2013 to 17 May 2014 – Bristol to Gloucester, Cheltenham Spa and the Malverns |date=November 2013 |access-date=28 November 2013 |publisher=[[First Great Western]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014823/http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/~/media/PDF/TicketsAndTrainTimes/TrainTimes/December%202013%20Timetables/TTC05_Web.ashx |archive-date= 3 December 2013 }}</ref>

[[CrossCountry]] also operate trains from Bristol Parkway. Their weekday service consists of one hourly train each way between Bristol Temple Meads and {{rws|Manchester Piccadilly}}, and one hourly train each way between {{rws|Plymouth}}, Bristol and [[Edinburgh Waverley railway station|Edinburgh Waverley]] via {{rws|Leeds}} and [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]]. Both these services run via {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}.<ref name="FGWTTC1"/><ref name="XC">{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151382/manchester_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|title=Manchester to the South West & South Coast|publisher=[[CrossCountry]]|access-date=29 September 2013|date=May 2013|archive-date=21 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721204653/http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151382/manchester_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="XC2">{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151391/scotland_the_north_east_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|title=Scotland, the North East to the South West and South Coast|access-date=29 September 2013|publisher=[[CrossCountry]]|date=May 2013|archive-date=17 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717082149/http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/151391/scotland_the_north_east_to_the_south_west_and_south_coast_may_2013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Great Western Railway services between London and South Wales are formed of [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800]] or [[British Rail Class 802|Class 802]] [[Electro-diesel multiple unit|bi-mode multiple units]],<ref name="FGWTTC1"/> while other GWR services are formed using [[British Rail Class 43 (HST)|Class 43]] locomotives with [[British Rail Mark 3]] "Castle Class" sets, [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]], [[British Rail Class 165|165]] and [[British Rail Class 166|166]] [[diesel multiple-unit]] trains.<ref>{{cite news |title=LOROL Class 150s all with FGW |author=Miles, Tony |work=[[Modern Railways]] |location =London |date= December 2010 |page=90}}</ref><ref name="nytbl">{{cite journal | author = Salveson, Paul | editor = Abell, Paul | date = June 2012 | title = Severn Beach: Not your typical branch line! | journal = [[Today's Railways UK]] | issue =126 | pages =42–47 | location =[[Sheffield]] | publisher =[[Platform 5]] }}</ref><ref name="166start">{{cite news|url=http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/15618769.Taunton_bound_passengers_from_Bristol_to_benefit_from_trains_with_more_seats_and_better_WiFi/|title=Taunton-bound passengers from Bristol to benefit from trains with more seats and better WiFi|date=25 October 2017|access-date=27 October 2017|work=[[County Gazette]]|publisher=[[Newsquest]]}}</ref><ref name="RAILtest">{{cite news|url=https://www.railmagazine.com/news/rail-features/does-great-western-railway-s-class-800-iet-pass-the-test|title=Does Great Western Railway's Class 800 IET pass the test?|date=25 January 2018|access-date=25 April 2018|work=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail]]|publisher=[[Bauer Media]]|volume=841}}</ref> CrossCountry services are formed of {{brc|220}} and {{brc|221|n}} Voyager [[diesel-electric multiple unit]]s.<ref name="XC"/>

The standard journey time to London Paddington is 90 minutes, to Cardiff Central 40 minutes, to Birmingham New Street 75 minutes, and to Bristol Temple Meads 12 minutes.<ref name="FGWTTC1"/><ref name="XC"/>

In December 2022, the [[Office of Rail and Road|ORR]] gave approval to the [[Open-access operator|open access]] company [[Grand Union (train operating company)|Grand Union]] to commence a service from Paddington to Carmarthen in partnership with Spanish rail operator [[Renfe]], for which a fleet of new bi-mode trains will be used. The new service is scheduled to commence in December 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-63819582 | title = Trains: Plans for new London-west Wales services approved |date=1 December 2022 |website=BBC News |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> The service will call at Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff Central, [[Gowerton railway station|Gowerton]] and Llanelli en-route to Carmarthen, and will provide Bristol Parkway with regular non-stop trains to London.<ref>ORR approves Grand Union London - Carmarthern trains ''Rail'' issue 972 14 December 2022 page 17</ref> In December 2024, following [[FirstGroup|FirstGroup's]] acquisition of [[Grand Union (train operating company)|Grand Union Trains]], it was announced the proposed [[London Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] to [[Carmarthen railway station|Carmarthen]] service would be operated by Lumo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://otp.tools.investis.com/generic/regulatory-story.aspx?newsid=1890969&cid=858|title=Open access rail acquisition and new services application|publisher=FirstGroup|access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref>

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