Redland

Redland Station is a bit of a dreary little station with hardly anything going on at it, but it serves a purpose for all those who live in the Redland, Gloucester Rd and Cotham areas as it is pretty much walking distance from all of these places, and far more easier to reach than Temple Meads.
They run regular trains to the central Temple Meads and prices are far cheaper than getting a taxi, think along the lines of £1.50 to £2 a ticket. You either have to buy your ticket in advance and get it delivered, or you can purchase it on the train — but more often than not there tends to be noone working here so there’s no kind of security at the station itself!
There also aren’t any of those electronic boards with train times, so you might find it handy to keep your watch on you as you will have no warning of approaching trains!

Redland Station only serves one line but is a very pleasant station close to Cotham Park.
The line goes to most local areas such as Clifton and Easton, Avonmouth and Temple Meads and on a sunny day Redland is a pleasant place to wait. Very quaint in fact, with a traditional iron footbridge and well kept concourse.
The sound of children playing outside can be heard and the station itself is clean and friendly, with a graffiti mural by local artist Cheo at the front of the station.

Somehow this ace is still open. It is a throw back to yesteryear when Britain was run on its railway.
That however does not mean that I don’t want it to be here. The train station is just that and nothing more, the trains run to temple meads and run at slightly bizarre times.
There is something brilliant about the clash between the quaint station and the bright graffiti in and around it.

Although it doesn’t see that many trains, Redland railway station usually has people around and that is because it is a really nice little station. It’s right next to Cotham park and is on the line between Montpellier and Clifton Down. It can become a bit of a suntrap and there are benches so it could be quite tempting to pop along there on a summers afternoon, grab a seat and read a book — nevermind about the trains — just try not to get mistaken for a train spotter. There’s some great graffiti on the garages near the entrance to the station but the real decent artwork is inside the station itself — Banksy style paintings of Victorian ladies and gentlemen with a modern day twist. Eye-​catching pink, purple and green backgrounds with distinctive figures wearing ski goggles, holding mobile phones and guitars and wearing smiley face badges all the while staring at you intently. This could be eerie but it’s actually delightful. And I’m a big wuss.

When I first stumbled upon Redland Station I thought I had been transported back 100 years! Its a one track station which is very rare these days and doesn’t even have a ticket machine so you must buy your ticket on the train. The platform is neat and tidy with a little information board and shelter from the rain.
Trains run to and from Temple Meads once and hour (or so) and then to Avonmouth/​Severn Beach. Once on the train, it will take you roughly 10−15minutes to get to Temple Meads. A return with a Young Persons is £1 (much cheaper than the bus!!)
Best avoided at 3.30pm as the one carriage train was literally bursting at the seams with school children.

Redland train station is a really nice station with a good atmosphere. Located just to the side of a road bridge, it’s got something that’s a bit quaint about it. It’s also just next to a park, so if you’re catching a train you can admire the greenery and the local wildlife. There won’t be much company apart from that though, as it’s always fairly deserted (apart from around 3pm everyday when the school kids make use of its services). It’s a good way of avoiding bus routes to Temple Meads, and it’s a pretty nice journey the opposite direction out to Avonmouth.

This station is so cute! Looks like the sort of railway station you might see in a black and white film, a little steam train chugging away, parting two sweethearts forever…
Really the actual fact of the matter is that there’s one train every hour or so and you’re guaranteed to be the only one waiting for it, making the experience a little spooky.
Still, the little railway lines in Bristol offer a promising alternative to the appalling buses. So maybe worth looking up the routes and fares to check if it improves public transport. If not, get walking.

Small and quaint, this serves just one track, with trains coming in from Montpelier and Clifton Down. With no attendants, it feels like a little village station in the middle of nowhere. The lack of travellers contributes to the feeling too, with school kids seeming to make the up the majority of the footfall. A lot of the time all you’ve got is the birds for company.
It’s on the Severn Beach line, and you can get connections to the rest of the network at Temple Meads which is only a ten minutes away if you take the train from here. Unfortunately this line has annoyingly infrequent trains (twice an hour, if that). However, it is very pretty, with views of Avonmouth and various historic parts of the Bristol along the way.
As I said, it’s unstaffed and amenities are pretty thin on the ground. There is no ticket office, so you’ll have to buy on the train (and can do so without the worry of a penalty fare). There isn’t anything really, in fact, apart from a timetables board and some cycle racks. It would be a bit much to ask anything more of such a small station anyway.