History
There have been three Filton stations on a short stretch of line in this area. The first, on the Bristol to New Passage Pier line opened on 8 September 1863, was just north of the present station; it was resited on 4 October 1886. Services were then diverted to a station further north (on the northern side of the present day A4174 ring road) which was renamed Filton Junction on 1 May 1910. This was renamed as just Filton on 6 May 1968 but it in turn closed when services moved to the present station, about a quarter of a mile south of the actual junction, on 11 March 1996.
The new station was built by the Ministry of Defence to serve its nearby office complex, MoD Abbey Wood. It has a passenger information system, and a temporary building that serves as a limited-hours ticket office, which has only been used sporadically in recent years when First undertake random "spot checks" to ensure all travellers have tickets. A self-service ticket machine is situated adjacent to the ticket office, on platform 1.
In 2004 a third platform was added to provide additional line capacity by having the South Wales and Bristol Parkway routes diverge before the station.
South Gloucestershire Council pays a subsidy to allow half-hourly train services between Filton and Bath.
The line through Filton is due to have a fourth track laid to ease congestion.
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