词条 | Cheltenham High Street railway station |
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| name = Cheltenham High Street | locale = Cheltenham | borough = Cheltenham | image_name = | caption = | original = Midland Railway | pregroup = Midland Railway | postgroup = | platforms = 2 | gridref = SO936234 | years1 = 1 September 1862 | events1 = Opened as Cheltenham Tewkesbury Road Bridge | years2 = 1 October 1862 | events2 = Renamed Cheltenham High Street | years3 = 1 July 1910 | events3 = Closed }} Cheltenham High Street railway station was built by the Midland Railway to serve the north-western part of Cheltenham. History{{Cheltenham area RDT}}The station was situated on the main Birmingham to Bristol railway line, to the south of the bridge where the line passes beneath Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham, which is a continuation of, but quite remote from that known as the High Street. It was opened on 1 September 1862 as Cheltenham Tewkesbury Road Bridge, and a month later, on 1 October, was renamed Cheltenham High Street.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=59}} The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (MSWJ) had reached Cirencester in 1883.{{sfn|Sands|Jenkins|1990|p=14}} On 1 August 1891 the MSWJ opened an extension from Cirencester to {{stnlnk|Andoversford}},{{sfn|Sands|Jenkins|1990|p=16}} which connected with the existing Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway; the MSWJ obtained permission to use that line to reach Cheltenham.{{sfn|Sands|Jenkins|1990|p=14}} The MSWJ passenger trains ran to {{stnlnk|Cheltenham (Lansdown)}}, whereas the goods trains continued a little further north, to Cheltenham High Street.{{sfn|Sands|Jenkins|1990|p=17}} The MSWJ built a locomotive depot adjacent to High Street station.{{sfn|Sands|Jenkins|1990|p=53}} The station closed to passengers on 1 July 1910.{{sfn|Butt|1995|p=59}} The line remains open for passenger services between {{stnlnk|Birmingham New Street}} and {{stnlnk|Cheltenham Spa}}, but these do not call at Cheltenham High Street. Route{{Historical Rail Start}}{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Cleeve}}Line open, station closed|next=Cheltenham Spa Line and station open|route=Midland Railway Birmingham and Gloucester Railway|col={{MR colour}} }}{{end box}} NotesReferences
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5 : Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire|Former Midland Railway stations|Railway stations opened in 1862|Railway stations closed in 1910|1862 establishments in England |
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