of the year. The line has now (summer 2017) returned to use following the reopening of the quarry, with Mendip Rail running periodic stone trains. In the Strategic Rail Authority’s 2007/08 financial year, Yate was ranked as the 1104th most-used station in the UK. In the Office of Rail and Road's 2019/20 estimations, Yate ranked 1,114th most used station. Facilities The station is staffed on weekday mornings. It has two staggered platforms, separated by the A432 road bridge. An automated ticket machine was installed in mid-2007, but stopped functioning due to vandalism and is reported to be "unlikely to be replaced in the foreseeable future". A new ticket machine was installed in 2013 on platform 1, whilst the portakabin ticket office is on the opposite platform. Digital information screens, customer help points and timetable posters provide train running information, whilst CCTV was installed here in 2011. Step-free access to both platforms is available (via ramps from the road bridge to platform 1). Services The station is served Monday to Saturday by a train every hour in both directions between and via Bristol Temple Meads (with two-hourly extensions to/from Worcester & northbound and to/from southbound, plus a single service to/from ). There have been proposals put forward to run additional services to/from Bristol as part of the second phase of the Greater Bristol Metro plans first put forward in 2008 and rebranded as "MetroWest" in 2013. If implemented the station would become the new northern terminus of the current to local service, though this would not happen until after Phase 1 of the scheme is completed in 2019. Yate station is also served by a two-hourly Sunday service. A normal service operates on most bank holidays. References External links Friends of Yate Station site Yate Heritage Centre's page "Victorians and Yate's Railway" Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1989 Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Beeching closures in England 1844 establishments in England 1965 disestablishments in England 1989 establishments in England Reopened railway stations in Great Britain DfT Category F1 stations