Stow-on-the-Wold railway station
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Stow-on-the-Wold | |
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General information | |
Location | Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswold England |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Bourton-on-the-Water Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 June 1881 | Station opened |
15 October 1962 | Station closed |
Stow-on-the-Wold railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway that opened in 1881. Situated about one and a half miles to the south the station served the Gloucestershire town of Stow-on-the-Wold and its surrounding villages. The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.
Stationmasters
- George Tibbs until 1900[1]
- James Dowler 1900 - 1923[2] (formerly station master at Notgrove)
- G.J. Fifield 1923[3] - 1932 (formerly station master at Broadway)
- E.G. Unitt from 1932 (formerly station master at Awre)
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Bourton-on-the-Water Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway |
Kingham Line closed, station open | ||
Sarsden Halt Line and station closed |
External links
References
- ^ "Stow-on-the-Wold". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. England. 15 December 1900. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. James Dowler". Cheltenham Chronicle. England. 30 May 1936. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Stationmaster at Stow-on-the-Wold". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 2 November 1923. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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