Cheltenham South and Leckhampton railway station in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

 served the village of Leckhampton

Leckhampton

Leckhampton is a district in south Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The area constitutes a civil parish and is part of the district of Cheltenham.-History:...

 and the southern outskirts of Cheltenham Spa

Cheltenham

Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

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The station opened in 1881 with the opening of the Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water railway station

Bourton-on-the-Water was a Gloucestershire station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway that opened in 1881 and closed in 1964...

 to Cheltenham

Cheltenham Spa railway station

Cheltenham Spa railway station is in Gloucestershire, England, on the Bristol-Birmingham main line. It is managed by First Great Western and is about one mile from the town centre.-History:...

 section of the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway

Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway

The Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway is a former railway in the Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, England.-Origins and development:...

, which was operated and later taken over by the Great Western Railway

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...

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From 1891 the station was also served by trains on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway

Midland and South Western Junction Railway

The Midland and South Western Junction Railway was, until the 1923 Grouping, an independent railway built to form a north-south link between the Midland and London and South Western Railways allowing the Midland and other companies' trains to reach the port of Southampton.-Formation:The M&SWJR...

 line, which branched off the Banbury and Cheltenham line at Andoversford

Andoversford railway station

Andoversford railway station was in Gloucestershire on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway that opened in 1881. Situated about six miles east of Cheltenham, the station served the village of Andoversford with its large market, which provided a lot of the traffic at the...

 and formed a north-south link from Cheltenham to Swindon, Andover and the south coast.