Stapleton Road railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and Cross Country Route, serving the inner-city district of Easton in Bristol, England.

[3] As of 2018[update], facilities at the station are minimal – there is a metal and glass shelter and a row of seats on the northbound platform.

There is no car park or taxi rank, and the nearest bus stop is 120 metres (130 yd) away on the A432 Stapleton Road.

The line, engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was built as single-track 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) broad gauge, with a platform on the west side of the track.

[7] There was a yard to the north of the station, on the other side of Stapleton Road, which handled goods traffic including coal and other minerals.

Many would call at Stapleton Road instead of Bristol Temple Meads because this avoided having to run the locomotive around the train.

[16]: 41  For many passengers on the Clifton Extension Railway, Stapleton Road was where they would change for services to South Wales and the South Coast of England, and by 1912 the station name boards showed "Stapleton Road Junction for Clifton and Avonmouth", although the station was never officially renamed.

[16]: 38  From 1924, many trains to Avonmouth were extended to Severn Beach, a growing seaside resort, and some on to Pilning, then back to Temple Meads via Patchway.

[7] By 1947, just before the start of the British Rail era, there were 33 daily services each direction between Avonmouth and Temple Meads, and 18 on Sundays.

While as late as 1963 name boards at the station read "Bristol Stapleton Road", trains between South Wales and the South Coast were eventually re-routed via Bristol Temple Meads – the introduction of diesel multiple units making it easier for the trains to reverse – and no longer called at Stapleton Road.

[27][28][29] British Rail was split into business-led sectors in the 1980s, at which time operations at Stapleton Road passed to Regional Railways.

[10][30] Services at Stapleton Road were boosted due to the proximity of Eastville Stadium, but this use ended in 1986 when Bristol Rovers F.C.

[31] When the railway was privatised in 1997, local services were franchised to Wales & West, which was succeeded by Wessex Trains, an arm of National Express, in 2001.

[32][33] The station was brightened in 1999 when a mural illustrating local life was painted on the wall of the western platform by Bill Guilding.

[7][34] Services along the Severn Beach Line were increased to 10 per day in each direction by 2005, with Bristol City Council providing a subsidy to Wessex Trains.

A community garden project, Eastside Roots, was set up in the disused trackbed by local permaculture enthusiast Nick Ward in 2009.

It was built using sustainable materials, including bricks dug out during the construction of the Cabot Circus shopping centre.

[43][44] The footbridge was replaced in 2013 to allow for electrification of the line, but the new, higher, bridge angered local residents who felt it infringed on their privacy.

[60][61] The group Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways supports the electrification continuing beyond the main lines, as does MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose.

[66][67][68] The two eastern platforms at Stapleton Road will be demolished to allow trains to run faster, although it has been suggested that they be kept for use in case of service disruptions.