The general service level is nine trains per hour: two to Cardiff Central, two towards Gloucester, one towards Taunton, two towards Westbury and two to Bristol Temple Meads.

Services at Filton Junction declined in the second half of the twentieth century, with the station buildings and Badminton Line platforms demolished in 1976.

This was built 0.3 miles (0.48 km) south of the original station, adjacent to the new Ministry of Defence office development of MoD Abbey Wood, which was opened in 1996.

[3][4] The station was situated in the county of Gloucestershire, 4 miles 53 chains (7.5 km) from Bristol Temple Meads and immediately south of the modern bridge over the A4174 Avon Ring Road.

To cope with the anticipated increase in demand, the line through Filton was doubled,[4] with a new platform built on the eastern side of the new track, complete with waiting room.

[8] The new station, opened on 1 July 1903,[note 1] was on an embankment at the southern apex of the junction, just north of the present A4174.

The platforms were linked by a subway which led to the booking office, situated on ground level by the main entrance on the east side of the station.

There were goods facilities to the south of the road, on the west side of the line and covering the site of the first station.

[6][2][3] Trains on this line used the western platforms, and often operated loop services to and from Bristol Temple Meads via Clifton Down.

[12] Following the publication of the Beeching Report, the Henbury Line was closed to passengers in 1964, and service levels began to decline.

[13] British Rail was split into business-led sectors in the 1980s, at which time operations at Filton passed to Regional Railways.

[3] In the early 1990s, the Ministry of Defence procurement division was consolidated into a major office development in Filton, known as MoD Abbey Wood.

[3] Shortly after the station was opened, the county of Avon was disbanded, with the Filton region now governed by South Gloucestershire council.

[17] The station proved popular with MoD workers, local residents commuting into central Bristol, and also students and staff at the University of the West of England.

[23][24][25][26] First introduced new services between Bristol Parkway and Weston-super-Mare, and between Cardiff Central and Taunton, each calling at Filton Abbey Wood.

[27][28] From December 2006, Virgin CrossCountry began operating a single daily service Newcastle to Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads and Filton Abbey Wood.

[32] A three-week closure of the line and station in late October & early/mid November 2018 saw all trains replaced by buses between Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads and on the Severn Beach branch whilst the four track layout between Dr Day's Junction and Filton Junction was reinstated, also bringing a new fourth platform at Filton Abbey Wood into use and short extensions to the southern ends of the other three platforms to fully accommodate 5 carriage 23 metre vehicle trains.

[33] The main access to the station is via a long footpath (a slope of approximately 1 in 8) and bridge from Emma-Chris Way to the north, which has a small car park.

A small pay and display car park with 30 spaces is to the north of the station, as are racks for eight bicycles.

[36][37][note 3] In the 2006/07 financial year, over 50,000 passengers used Filton Abbey Wood to travel to or from Bristol Temple Meads.

These are the hourly services each way between Filton Abbey Wood and Bristol Temple Meads; Penzance and Cardiff Central; Portsmouth Harbour and Cardiff Central; Worcester Foregate Street and Bristol Temple Meads; and finally Gloucester and Westbury.

[50][51] The group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways supports the electrification continuing beyond the main lines,[52][53] as does MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose.

The plan will also see the reopening of the Henbury Loop Line and the opening of a new station at Ashley Hill between Filton and Stapleton Road.