Portway park and ride


The Portway Park and Ride site is located on the A4 Portway at Shirehampton, to the North West of Bristol, England, adjacent to junction 18 of the M5 motorway.

History

The site opened in April 2002 with 300 car parking spaces. There had been considerable opposition from local residents. The site was expanded in 2008 to provide 830 car parking spaces to coincide with the opening of the Cabot Circus shopping mall in Broadmead. Up until April 2007 services were operated by First before being provided by CT Plus. Currently, services are again provided by First.

Service

One regular service operates from the site, identified by the green buses. The site opens at 6am with the first bus leaving at 6:15am Monday to Saturday. On Sunday, the site opens at 9am with the first bus leaving at 9:30am. The last bus leaves Bristol city centre at 8:30pm Monday to Saturday and 6pm on Sundays. The site closes at 9:30pm.
The site also serves Ashton Gate Stadium during Bristol Rugby and Bristol City home fixtures. The AG1 services operates for both 3pm and 7:45pm fixtures of both clubs.

Railway

The Severn Beach railway line runs adjacent to the site. It is planned that a new station,, be built to serve the site. The station was allocated £2.2m in June 2017 from the Local Growth Fund, via the West of England local enterprise partnership. Completion was scheduled for 2019.