Lechlade railway station
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Lechlade railway station served the small town of Lechlade
in Gloucestershire
. The station was on the East Gloucestershire Railway line between and ; it was built where the line crossed the road to Burford
, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Lechlade.
the line was busy with traffic for RAF Fairford
, so the Great Western Railway
added a passing loop. The loop did not bypass the single station platform, and only freight trains could use it.
The station closed on 18 June 1962. It was demolished and the site is undeveloped.
Lechlade
Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near here....
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....
. The station was on the East Gloucestershire Railway line between and ; it was built where the line crossed the road to Burford
Burford
Burford is a small town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in west Oxfordshire, England, about west of Oxford, southeast of Cheltenham and only from the Gloucestershire boundary...
, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Lechlade.
Background
The station was opened on 15 January 1873. It had one platform, a stone-built station building, a signal box, a goods shed, and a cattle dock. During the Second World WarWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
the line was busy with traffic for RAF Fairford
RAF Fairford
RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England. It is a standby airfield, not in everyday use. Its most prominent use in recent years has been as an airfield for United States Air Force B-52s during the 2003 Iraq War, Operation Allied Force in 1999, and the first Gulf War in...
, so 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...
added a passing loop. The loop did not bypass the single station platform, and only freight trains could use it.
The station closed on 18 June 1962. It was demolished and the site is undeveloped.