...It will give Station Road a station, something which I think will be unique among the Station Roads in the area...
Now you wouldn't expect me to let that go unchallenged, would you?
By my reckoning Bristol has 15 Station Roads.
The nearest to Station Road, Ashley Down is in Montpelier, 1.5 km to the south-west. That leads to Montpelier Station, which is very much open.
Station Road, Filton is just under 3.5 km to the north. This was named after Filton (Junction) Station, which is no more, but it leads reasonably well to the station at Filton Abbey Wood which replaced it.
Fishponds, 3.5 km to the east, has a Station Road along with a New Station Road and a New Station Way. The latter opened long after the station closed. Given that it occupies the site of Fishponds Station, it would perhaps would have been better named 'Old Station Way'!
Patchway Station, 4 km north of Ashley Down and open, is served by another Station Road.
Henbury has a Station Road, about 5 km from Ashley Down. There is a plan to open a new station near here, but it will be over 400m away from Station Road. Arguably this could confuse some!
5 km to the south is Station Road, Brislington. No station here!
The closed station at Staple Hill, 5.5 km to the east, was served by a Station Road
Shirehampton's Station Road is just over 7 km west of Ashley Down, and leads to another open station.
Station Road at Pill, a little further to the west and over the River Avon, will hopefully soon lead to a station.
A similar distance in the opposite direction, Warmley's Station Road leads to quite a pleasant station, but it's rather unlikely to see another train.
Keynsham's Station Road, 9 km to the south-east, leads to a busy main line station.
Don't get me started about Station Road, Portishead - 13 km to the west. Suffice to say that a new Portishead Station will be some way away from here.
Further afield, Coalpit Heath and Winterbourne also have Station Roads. There are no current plans to reopen either station, though
FoSBR» would like to see Coalpit Heath reopened.
So 5 of Bristol's Station Roads currently lead to stations still served by trains; 2 more will be served once MetroWest is complete. In addition, 2 Station Roads will not serve a station because it has been moved from its original location.