Tytherington railway station
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Tytherington railway station served the village of Tytherington
in South Gloucestershire
. The station was on the Yate to Thornbury branch line that was opened by the Midland Railway
in 1872.
Tytherington was a small station with a single platform on a single track section of the line. There was a single-storey wooden building. The station was closed to passengers with the rest of the line in 1944, but remained open for goods traffic until 1963. The line itself remains in use as far as Tytherington Quarry
, for the transport of stone from the Hanson plc
site.
The station building has now been demolished, but the station master's house remains in residential use.
Tytherington, Gloucestershire
Tytherington is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. The quarry to the west belongs to Hanson plc.The former Yate to Thornbury railway branch line passes nearby, with two bridges in the village and a tank engine near the quarry entrance as reminders of the railway...
in South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
. The station was on the Yate to Thornbury branch line that was opened by the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
in 1872.
Tytherington was a small station with a single platform on a single track section of the line. There was a single-storey wooden building. The station was closed to passengers with the rest of the line in 1944, but remained open for goods traffic until 1963. The line itself remains in use as far as Tytherington Quarry
Tytherington Quarry
Tytherington Quarry is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1989.-Source:*...
, for the transport of stone from the Hanson plc
Hanson plc
Hanson plc is a British based international building materials company, headquartered in Maidenhead. Traded on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index for many years, the company was acquired by a division of German rival Heidelberg Cement in August 2007.-History:Hanson...
site.
The station building has now been demolished, but the station master's house remains in residential use.