Английская Википедия:Churchdown railway station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Churchdown railway station was situated on the main line between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa. It served Churchdown and surrounding areas.

History

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A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Churchdown

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'Jubilee' Class 4-6-0 'Leander' passing Churchdown in 1960

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Up holiday express from Torbay near Churchdown in 1957

The railway line between Cheltenham and Шаблон:Stnlnk opened on 4 November 1840, the final section of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&G) which had been authorised in 1836. At first, there were no intermediate stations, but on 9 August 1842 the first station at Churchdown was opened by the B&G; it proved to be temporary, being closed again on 27 September. Less than a year later, on 22 August 1843, a station opened closer to Cheltenham at nearby Шаблон:Stnlnk. Both stations were built in response to request from the residents of Badgeworth for a station closer than Cheltenham or Gloucester; Churchdown was the first choice of the railway company since it was closer to the half-way point between the two towns.

The permanent station at Churchdown was opened on 2 February 1874, and was the joint property of the Midland Railway (successor to the B&G) and the Great Western Railway, who had shared the line since 1847.

The station closed on 2 November 1964, as part of the reshaping of British Railways or more commonly known as the Beeching Axe by Dr Beeching.

The site of the station is Шаблон:Convert from Derby. Little remains of the station itself next to what is now Station Close, but through traffic continues on the line.

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