A look at the four schemes in the 1860s to replace or supplement Bristol Temple Meads with a more centrally located station.
Errata (sorry!): I made some mistakes so I made a corrections video. Please see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDHjqFLSwco
0:00 The origins of Temple Meads
1:58 Railways arrive in Bristol
3:23 Shortcomings of Temple Meads
4:46 Proposed Bristol & Clifton Railway (1862)
6:34 Proposed Bristol Central Railway Station (1862)
8:12 Proposed Bristol Port Extension Railway (1863)
9:26 Proposed Bristol Central Railway Station (1863)
11:16 Workarounds: Joint Station, Victoria Street and trams
12:57 Cities grow around stations
Sources, credits, transcript: https://pedestriandiversions.github.io/videos/bristol-central-station.html