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Four diesel types at Bristol Temple Meads

A collection of diesels and operators at Bristol Temple Meads. From left to right: Wessex Trains British Rail Class 143 DMU 143619; EWS Class 66 locomotive 66049; a Class 158 DMU operated by Arriva Trains Wales; an unidentified First Great Western Class 43 HST powercar.

Bristol Temple Meads is situated about a mile south-east of the city centre in Bristol, England, and is the main station for central Bristol. Bristol's other main-line station, Bristol Parkway, is situated on the northern outskirts of the town. Due to the layout of the lines around the station, trains to Wales, the midlands, the north, London and down to the south coast all exit out the east end of the station. Only trains heading on the line down to Cornwall exit out the west end. The curved train shed is 500 ft (154 m) long on the platform edge and has a wrought-iron roof structure by engineer Francis Fox. It replaced the 1844 station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, which was perpendicular to the Great Western Railway station.

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