A parkway station is a railway station that primarily serves a park and ride interchange rather than a town or city center. The term "parkway" originally referred to Bristol Parkway, which was built next to the M32 motorway through parkland and thus known as the "Bristol Parkway". The name has come to mean equally a park and ride bus and/or other motor car interchange with the UK light, regular or international railway network. Parkway stations play an important role in keeping cars out of town and city centers by encouraging motorists to "park and ride".

Bristol Parkway, on the South Wales Main Line, is in the Stoke Gifford area in the northern suburbs of the Bristol conurbation. It was opened in 1972 by British Rail and was the first in a new generation of park and ride/parkway stations. Since then, another 20 have opened, some as newly built stations, some at existing stations.

There are 17 railway stations on the British railway network containing the word "Parkway" in their name. Other stations have been temporarily dubbed Parkways in their history. The use of the term "Parkway" is comparatively new to the railway, although the idea isnt quite as new. When the railways were being built, stations some distance away from the towns they might serve were often named "such-and-such Road".

In summary, a parkway station is a railway station that primarily serves a park and ride interchange rather than a town or city center. The term "parkway" originally referred to Bristol Parkway, which was built through parkland and thus known as the "Bristol Parkway." Since then, another 20 parkway stations have opened, some as newly built stations, some at existing stations.