Temple Meads Railway Station — Local services in Bristol

Specifically a men’s toilets review here. Decanted from a train over 59 minutes in duration, I find that my 40+ aged bladder requires a visit to these premises before the regular meerkat impression waiting for a taxi on the forecourt outside. The fragrance of lemon scented urine and flatulence welcomes the visitor to the men’s. There is a checkpoint Charlie moment as you enter and you’re greeted by approximately 8.5 toilet cubicles adorned with hot air balloons to represent the hot air that has been expressed behind the doors. The silver gilded (?) urinal has never been allowed to accommodate more than 6 eager aubergines and tests your adherence to looking at the suspension bridge mural in front of you. You wish to see that structure in real life and admire it but here it is again, associated with neon urinal cubes. The Bruinal. Saw 3 Michelin star chefs relieve themselves here and they jollied straight out stroking their chins with unwashed hands. Not sure what to say about that other than state it as it...

Travelled alone for the first time from Swindon to Bristol to fly back to Spain from Bristol airport. The A1 Bus takes about 30 minutes and arrives at Temple Meads every 12 minutes.., easy to locate when you leave the railway station and enter the impressive driveway leading to the station entrance itself.

Exiting the railway station is complicated and poorly signposted. It took me a while to work out that I had to go upstairs to exit. There was no member of staff to ask information until I finally reached the exit gate.

There are a number of inviting places in the ‘underground’ area to get snacks, and some nice eateries in the immediate vicinity.

Lots of taxis in the driveway area, and some car drop off points

A WAY OUT sign below stairs would be helpful. If I had been a tourist not speaking English, I would have been seriously been peed off.

Airport style signs are what are needed….....

I usually travel to Temple Meads from Avonmouth for a very reasonable £2. T.M is like the nerve centre to to most places like London, Glasgow and all the major cities in England, Scotland and Wales.. Being from North Wales myself I used to travel to Millennium stadium Cardiff to watch the Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 rugby team play in the 6 Nations, The Internationals against all the home international teams inc Ireland and the Autumn series against the likes of the N.Z All Black's, S.Africa Australia , The Phillipines and Tonga . It was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and he was a Victorian engineer and personally I think Temple Meads was one of his Greatest accomplishments. Its a Beautiful building that has withstood the test of time. They just don't build train stations like that anymore. Testament to the skills of...