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Malmesbury railway station

Former railway station in England

Field	Value
name	Malmesbury
status	Disused
image	Malmesbury Station 2026739 0d7bb303.jpg
caption	The station in 1958
borough	Malmesbury, Wiltshire
country	England
coordinates
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
platforms	1
original	Malmesbury Railway
pregroup	Great Western Railway
postgroup	Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
years	17 December 1877
events	Opened
years1	12 February 1951
events1	Closed
years2	2 April 1951
events2	Reopened
years3	10 September 1951
events3	Closed to passengers
years4	12 November 1962
events4	Closed to goods

Western Region of British Railways

Malmesbury railway station served the town of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England, between 1877 and 1962. The station was on the short Malmesbury branch from the Great Western Railway's main line from to .

Background

Main article: Malmesbury branch

In 1864 the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Railway Company was authorised to construct a line from to through Tetbury and Malmesbury. Work started on 1 July 1865, but due to disagreements between the two major shareholders, the Midland Railway and the Great Western, work was stalled, and in 1871 the company was wound up.

Operations

In 1872, the government approved a cut-down plan to build a line from to Malmesbury, opening on 18 December 1877. Unusually, the station was accessed by a short tunnel, and beyond the town, perhaps with the original scheme development to Stroud in mind. After the Severn Tunnel was constructed to directly connect to South Wales, its line crossed the Malmesbury branch. In 1933, connection was made with this line, and the additional line truncated.

On 10 September 1951 the line closed to passenger traffic, and to goods on 11 November 1962, after which the tracks were lifted. The station site today is a small industrial estate and a car park.

References

{{Butt-Stations
Clinker, C.R.. (October 1978). "Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977". Avon-AngliA Publications & Services.
"Malmesbury Railway".
"Rail".

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