Calne railway station
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Calne railway station was opened on 3 November 1863 by the Great Western Railway
as a terminus for the branch line from the Great Western mainline (with a junction at Chippenham). It was situated a short distance from Calne
town centre and was equipped with only one platform. The station, when first opened, had its own engine shed.
In the early years of the station's history, the seven sidings were usually full due to the amount of traffic coming in from the nearby Chippenham railway station
. Calne was the terminus of the 5 mi line from .
The station was always for public use all the way from its beginning until its closure in 1965, as part of the nationwide Beeching Axe
. It closed and the buildings were left to be vandalised but were eventually taken down. A few years later, the area was built on to become Station Road Industrial Estate.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
as a terminus for the branch line from the Great Western mainline (with a junction at Chippenham). It was situated a short distance from Calne
Calne
Calne is a town in Wiltshire, southwestern England. It is situated at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
town centre and was equipped with only one platform. The station, when first opened, had its own engine shed.
In the early years of the station's history, the seven sidings were usually full due to the amount of traffic coming in from the nearby Chippenham railway station
Chippenham railway station
Chippenham railway station serves the market town of Chippenham in Wiltshire, England. The station is on the Great Western Main Line, in between and , and is served by First Great Western main line services between Bristol Temple Meads and London Paddington, and a smaller First Great Western local...
. Calne was the terminus of the 5 mi line from .
The station was always for public use all the way from its beginning until its closure in 1965, as part of the nationwide Beeching Axe
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
. It closed and the buildings were left to be vandalised but were eventually taken down. A few years later, the area was built on to become Station Road Industrial Estate.