| 词条 | Bradford-on-Avon railway station |
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| symbol = rail | name = Bradford-on-Avon | image_name = 2010_at_Bradford-on-Avon_station_-_main_building.jpg | caption = | locale = Bradford on Avon | borough = Wiltshire | coordinates = {{coord|51.3448|-2.2527|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | code = BOA | dft_category = E | manager = Great Western Railway | platforms = 2
Bradford-on-Avon railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line in between {{Stnlnk|Avoncliff}} and {{Stnlnk|Trowbridge}}, serving the town of Bradford on Avon (the station name is hyphenated, unlike the name of the town), in Wiltshire, England. The station is {{Convert|9|mi|35|chain|km|1}} south east of {{Stnlnk|Bath Spa}}.[1] The station was originally conceived by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, but wasn't built until after the company was purchased by the Great Western Railway in 1850 and did not open until 1857. {{clear left}}Initial plansA branch line serving Bradford on Avon was initially planned as part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (WS&WR), a broad gauge railway, supported by the Great Western Railway (GWR), also a broad gauge railway, in preference to the plans of the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), a standard gauge railway, which wanted to expand its territory westwards.{{r|Dorset Life}} The proposed line was to run between Weymouth and Bristol.{{r|Dorset Life}} The WS&WR was authorised by Act of Parliament in June 1845, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, already the engineer of the GWR, was appointed engineer of the new railway.{{r|Dorset Life|SomersetLive}} The development of the WS&WR was part of the Gauge Wars.{{r|Dorset Life}} ConstructionThe new station buildings were completed by 1850, and also included a goods shed, although the railway tracks were not added until later. The main station was built to the most elaborate of the standard designs used by Brunel, resembling a lodge or estate house of the period, but used local Bath stone, rather than the more commonly used bricks and mortar.{{r|Bradford Railway}} OperationFinancial difficulties slowed the progress of the WS&WR and only twelve miles of the line had been completed when construction was halted.{{r|Dorset Life|Bradford Railway}} The GWR took control of the WS&WR in a bid to complete the line, but soon wanted to abandon plans to build the branch lines, including the Bradford on Avon branch, to reduce costs. This aroused local opposition from local investors and a lawsuit in 1852 compelled the GWR to complete the Bradford branch.{{r|Bradford Railway}} The station finally opened in 1857, with a service of five trains each day each way.{{r|Bradford Railway}} Technical developmentsWith the development of signalling systems by the GWR, a signal box, with a 30-lever frame, was built to the west of the station and goods shed in 1877.{{r|Bradford Railway}} At the same time another signal box, controlling the Greenland Mills level crossing to the east of the station.{{r|Bradford Railway}} Although the station was conceived in the gauge wars of the 1840s, the line was finally converted to standard gauge between 18 and 22 June 1874.{{r|Bradford Railway}} Decline in trafficThe goods yard was closed to traffic in 1964, but was used for coal deliveries for another year.{{r|Bradford Railway}} In 1966 the signal box was closed and demolished.{{r|Bradford Railway}} In the same year Dr Beeching recommended that the line should remain open, but with a modified passenger service.{{r|Bradford Railway}} Services{{Rail start}}{{rail line two to one three routes |previous1={{rws|Avoncliff}} |previous2={{rws|Bath Spa}} |route1=Great Western RailwayHeart of Wessex Line |col1={{FGW colour}} |next={{rws|Trowbridge}} |route2=Great Western Railway Cardiff to Portsmouth |col2={{FGW colour}} |route3= South Western Railway London Waterloo to Bristol |col3={{SWR colour}} }}{{S-end}} References{{Commons category|Bradford-on-Avon railway station}}1. ^{{cite book |last1=Yonge |first1=John |last2=Padgett |first2=David |editor-last=Bridge |editor-first=Mike |title=Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western |edition=5th |date=August 2010 |origyear=1989 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Bradford on Avon |isbn=978-0-9549866-6-7 |at=map 4C }} [2][3]2. ^{{cite web |date = 31 March 2011 |title = Station's on right track with plaque |url = http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/station-s-right-track-plaque/story-12305068-detail/story.html |work = SomersetLive |location = |publisher = Local World |access-date = 3 September 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160918015755/http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/station-s-right-track-plaque/story-12305068-detail/story.html# |archive-date = 18 September 2016 |dead-url = yes |df = dmy-all}} 3. ^{{cite web| date = | title = Bradford's Railway| url = http://www.freshford.com/bradford_trains1.htm| work = Bradford on Avon - History and Facts| publisher = Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust| access-date = 3 September 2016}} }}{{Bristol railway stations}}{{Wiltshire railway stations}}{{SWT Stations|Salisbury=y|Suburban None=y|IL None=y}} 7 : Railway stations in Wiltshire|Railway stations opened in 1857|Former Great Western Railway stations|Railway stations served by Great Western Railway|Railway stations served by South Western Railway|Bradford-on-Avon|1857 establishments in England |
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