Avon Valley Railway
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The Avon Valley Railway is a two mile long heritage railway between Oldland Common and Bitton in South Gloucestershire, England. Until 2004 its eastern terminus was the station at Bitton, but an extension of 1.25 miles to a new station at Avon Riverside was opened during that year. The railway is part of the otherwise dismantled LMS branch line from Mangotsfield to Green Park station, Bath, which was closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s as the Great Western Railway a few miles to the south also connected Bristol to Bath.
The railway is run by a local group, the Bitton Railway co., based in Bitton station, which they acquired in 1972.
The railway shares its route with the Sustrans cycleway and footpath, the Bristol and Bath railway path (part of NCR 4).
Also, building of a new buffet and toilets facility at Bitton station is due to begin in 2007 to replace the current buffet and toilets and to increase space for the railways Gift Shop.
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