Nailsea & Backwell railway station
Looking east along the platforms. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Backwell, North Somerset England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°25′10″N 2°45′01″W / 51.4195°N 2.7503°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST479692 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | NLS | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Bristol and Exeter Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 14 June 1841 | Opened as 'Nailsea' | ||||
| 1 July 1964 | Closed to goods traffic | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 0.520 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 85,382 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.298 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.414 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.438 million | ||||
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Nailsea & Backwell railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter line, is in the village of Backwell, close to the town of Nailsea in North Somerset, England. It is 8 miles (13 km) west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and 126 miles (203 km) from London Paddington. The station, opened in 1841 by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, has two platforms but little in the way of facilities. It is managed by Great Western Railway, the seventh company to be responsible for the station, and the third franchise since privatisation in 1997. The company provides all train services at the station, mainly hourly services between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare, and between Cardiff Central and Taunton.