Английская Википедия:Fairford railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox station Шаблон:Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway Fairford railway station served the town of Fairford in Gloucestershire. It was the western terminus of the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Шаблон:Stnlnk and Fairford.Шаблон:Sfnp It had one platform, and a stone-built station building.
History
The station was opened on 15 January 1873 by the East Gloucestershire Railway (EGR).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfnp It was built in open fields beside the road to Lechlade, Шаблон:Convert east of Fairford.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp As with the stations at Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws, Fairford was a simple, single-platform structure, built of honey-coloured local Cotswold stone which reflected the architecture of the nearby villages.Шаблон:Sfnp There was also a standard Great Western Railway signalbox, a Pagoda Platform Shelter and a small permanent way shed which housed a motorised trolley.Шаблон:Sfnp Near the engine shed was a water tank and an old horsebox used as a mess hut, while a spur led to a Шаблон:Convert turntable and a coaling stage.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp The tank was driven by a steam supplied from locomotive injectors.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
The station was not designed as a terminus: the line continued a further Шаблон:Convert west of the station and doubled to form a run-around loop, finally ending at a buffer stop with a carriage siding on one side and a timber engine shed on the other.Шаблон:Sfnp There were several attempts at extending the line beyond Fairford. The original scheme would have seen the line run from Cheltenham via Andoversford and the Coln Valley to Fairford and Шаблон:Rws where it would divide into two routes: an eastern branch to Шаблон:Rws and a southern line to join up with the Faringdon Railway.Шаблон:Sfnp This was opposed by the Great Western Railway whose Cheltenham to Swindon line provided a shorter route to London and which was wary of proposals which might allow the London and North Western Railway to compete for its South Wales traffic.Шаблон:Sfnp Agreement was reached with the Great Western for a modified route via Шаблон:Rws on the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway but the Great Western withdrew its support following objections from shareholders who felt that the scheme was a risky and unnecessary proposition.Шаблон:Sfnp Although the East Gloucestershire Railway obtained Parliamentary approval for its initial proposal via Andoversford, it could not finance it and decided to concentrate on the section between Fairford and Witney.Шаблон:Sfnp The next attempt was made in 1890 when the Great Western offered to purchase the East Gloucestershire and Witney Railways, leading the directors of the East Gloucestershire to enquire with the Witney directors as to whether they would support an approach to the Midland and South Western Junction Railway for an extension to Cirencester.Шаблон:Sfnp The Witney directors declined as they had received a good offer from the Great Western for their shares.Шаблон:Sfnp In 1895, the Midland Railway, London and North Western Railway and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway proposed a trunk route to South Wales via Fairford and Oxford.Шаблон:Sfnp This was defeated by the Great Western by buying off the support of the Manchester company through certain concessions.Шаблон:Sfnp Another proposal came in 1899 when a group of local businessmen and landowners put forward a scheme under the Light Railways Act 1896 for a line parallel to the A40 road which was backed by the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire County Councils but did not secure the support of the government and was abandoned in 1903.Шаблон:Sfnp Finally, during the Second World War, thought was given to connecting the Fairford branch with the Highworth Branch Line using a Шаблон:Convert spur between Lechlade and Hannington.Шаблон:Sfnp The upturn in fortunes meant that the proposal was not taken further.Шаблон:Sfnp
As Fairford had not been conceived as a terminus, its layout created a number of problems. The Шаблон:Convert platform was inconveniently sited across the station throat which prevented the yard from being easily shunted if there was a train at the platform.Шаблон:Sfnp In the event, this defect did not need to be remedied as the station was never particularly busy;Шаблон:Sfnp receipts from 1903, 1913 and 1923 show that on average 6,500 tickets were issued whilst goods traffic handled never exceeded 10,000 tons and around 400 parcels were dispatched,Шаблон:Sfnp although there was at one time a substantial milk traffic with 15,000 gallons being sent daily to London.Шаблон:Sfnp In addition, there was insufficient space for the engine to run around the train for the return journey, meaning that the train had to be pulled forward to the goods loop where the engine was detached and positioned on the adjacent track to haul the coaches to the buffers using a cable until the points were cleared and the engine could regain its position.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp
During the Second World War, Fairford station was busy with traffic for RAF Fairford and a second goods siding was added to the station in 1944.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp The station was closed along with the East Gloucestershire Railway on 18 June 1962.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp In its last days, the station had no more than a dozen regular users.Шаблон:Sfnp
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Present day
After closure, the station building was adapted as offices by Antocks Lairn and survived among the industrial units which were constructed on the former goods yard.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp At some point after 1991, the structure was demolished and replaced by a modern industrial unit.Шаблон:Sfnp[1] The outline of the infilled turntable pit was still visible in 1991.Шаблон:Sfnp
References
Notes
Sources
- Шаблон:Butt-Stations
- Шаблон:Clinker-Stations
- Шаблон:Cite book
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- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Quick-Stations
- Шаблон:Cite book
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External links
- Photos and details about the station
- Station on a 1947 O.S, Map
- Station on Disused Stations
- Archived page with post-closure details of stations
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