and is overgrown. A user-worked level crossing at the north end of the station allows vehicles and pedestrians to cross the railway, alternatively pedestrians may cross the line using a footpath which goes under the bridge over the River Trym. Facilities at the station are minimal – there is a brick shelter and a few seats. Timetable information is provided; help points show next train information and allow users to contact railway staff. There is no ticket office or other means for buying or collecting tickets, nor is there any car park or cycle storage facility. The nearest bus stops are away on the A4 Portway. In 2021 a mural created by Graft which features the flora and fauna of the area and was created at the station in consultation with local people. The line through Sea Mills has a speed limit of for locomotive-hauled trains and for diesel multiple units. The line handles less than 5 million train tonnes per year, has a loading gauge of W6 and a route availability of 7. , approximately 58,000 passengers used Sea Mills station, making it the 1,863rd busiest station in the country and the tenth busiest within the Bristol unitary authority area. This was an increase of almost 70% from the 2002-03 financial year, and reflected a general rise in usage of the Severn Beach Line. Services All services at Sea Mills are operated by Great Western Railway using Turbo DMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 2 tph to of which 1 continues to 2 tph to of which 1 continues to On Sundays, there is an hourly service between Bristol Temple Meads and Severn Beach with one train per day to and from Weston-super-Mare. Services previously ran every 40 minutes in each direction but were increased to half-hourly in the December 2021 timetable change. History The station was opened on 6 March 1865 when services began on the Bristol Port Railway and Pier (BPRP), a self-contained railway which ran along the north bank of the River Avon to a deep water pier on the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth. The route was standard gauge single track, with Sea Mills initially the first station along the line, from the southern terminus at . A single -long uncovered platform was provided on the north side of the line, with a wooden building containing the booking office and porter's office.