A resited new station is due to be opened to passenger traffic as part of MetroWest, a scheme to increase rail services in the Bristol area.

It was replaced on the same day, 4 January 1954, by a new station 440 yards (400 m) nearer the centre of Portishead and Bristol[3] to the designs of the Western Region Assistant Architect, Ian J.

In April 2019 the Department for Transport committed £31.9m to cover the shortfall in finance for MetroWest Phase 1, meaning that funding for the new station and reopened line has now been secured.

[6][7] In November 2019 North Somerset Council submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate, which seeks powers to build and operate the disused section of railway from Portishead to Pill, gain environmental consent to undertake works to the existing freight railway through the Avon Gorge and obtain powers for the compulsory acquisition of land.

In November 2022, Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper gave final consent for the Portishead railway with an aspired opening date of 2027.