Badminton railway station

Badminton
Location
Place Badminton
Area South Gloucestershire
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 July 1903 Station opened
3 June 1968 Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal
View eastward, towards Swindon in 1961

Badminton railway station is a closed railway station in Gloucestershire, England. It served the villages of Badminton and Acton Turville.

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway and nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948, the station was closed in 1968

The site today

The station buildings and sections of platforms still stand derelict with trains passing through the site on the South Wales Main Line.

 

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Hullavington   Great Western Railway
South Wales Main Line
  Chipping Sodbury

 

Further reading

 

External links

Coordinates: 51°31′49″N 2°16′32″W / 51.53025°N 2.27552°W / 51.53025; -2.27552

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