<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year (s) which end or originate at Bristol Temple Meads from Office of Rail and Road statistics . Methodology may vary year on year . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> UK Railways portal </Td> </Tr> <P> Bristol Temple Meads is the oldest and largest railway station in Bristol, England . It is an important transport hub for public transport in the city . In addition to the train services there are bus services to many parts of the city and surrounding districts, and a ferry to the city centre . Bristol's other major station, Bristol Parkway, is on the northern outskirts of the conurbation . </P> <P> Temple Meads was opened on 31 August 1840 as the western terminus of the Great Western Railway from London Paddington, 116 miles 31 chains (187.3 km) from Paddington . The railway (including Temple Meads) was the first one designed by the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel . Soon the station was also used by the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, the Bristol Harbour Railway and the Bristol and South Wales Union Railway . To accommodate the increasing number of trains, the station was expanded in the 1870s by Francis Fox and again between 1930 - 35 by Percy Emerson Culverhouse . Brunel's terminus is no longer part of the operational station . The historical significance of the station has been noted, and most of the site is Grade I listed . </P>

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