Haresfield railway station
Haresfield | |
|---|---|
| Station in 1961 with BR Standard Class 9F 92151 working the Pines Express. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Haresfield, Stroud England |
| Coordinates | 51°47′18′′N 2°16′25′′W / 51.7883°N 2.2737°W / 51.7883; -2.2737 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 29 May 1854 | Station opened |
| 4 January 1965 | Station closed |
Haresfield railway station served the village of Haresfield in Gloucestershire, England.
History
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The station opened on 29 May 1854[1] on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway while converting from broad gauge to the standard gauge used by its new owner, the Midland Railway.
Haresfield served only the Midland Railway despite Great Western Railway's (GWR) Swindon to Gloucester services running on parallel tracks. Passengers at the Haresfield station were not able to board passing GWR trains, as the GWR never built a station there.
Haresfield never provided any freight facilities and it closed to passenger services on 4 January 1965[1] along with other stations on the Bristol to Gloucester line. Today, the four tracks (two Midland and two GWR) have been realigned and no trace of the station remains.[2]
Services
[edit ]Bristol and Gloucester Railway | ||||||
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| Gloucester | ||||||
| Gloucester (Eastgate) | ||||||
| M5 | ||||||
| Haresfield | ||||||
| Frocester | ||||||
| Cam & Dursley | ||||||
| Coaley Junction | ||||||
| M5 | ||||||
| Berkeley Road | ||||||
| M5 | ||||||
| Charfield | ||||||
| Wickwar | ||||||
Wickwar Tunnel
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| Yate | ||||||
Coalpit Heath Sidings
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| Westerleigh Goods Depot | ||||||
| M4 | ||||||
| Bristol Parkway | ||||||
| Mangotsfield | ||||||
Goods line to Avonmouth docks |
Staple Hill | |||||
Staple Hill Tunnel
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| Filton Abbey Wood | Fishponds | |||||
| Kingswood Junction | ||||||
| and collieries
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| Stapleton Road | ||||||
| Lawrence Hill | ||||||
| Waste Depot | ||||||
| Goods Depots | ||||||
| Bristol St Philip's | ||||||
River Avon (from Bath)
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(GWR) Temple Meads Goods Depot
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| Bristol Temple Meads | ||||||
Bridge over Victoria Street
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tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe churchyard |
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| St Philip's Marsh depot | ||||||
River Avon (to the sea)
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Line open, station closed |
Midland Railway Bristol and Gloucester Railway |
Gloucester Line and station open | ||
| Gloucester Eastgate Line and station closed |
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Mike Oakley (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.
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