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Notgrove railway station

Coordinates: 51°53′23″N 1°52′03″W / 51.8896°N 1.8674°W / 51.8896; -1.8674
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Notgrove
General information
LocationNotgrove, Cotswold
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBanbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1881Opened as Notgrove and Westfield
24 June 1896Renamed Notgrove
15 October 1962Station closed

Notgrove railway station was a Gloucestershire station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway.

History

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A 1913 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Notgrove

The station opened in 1881. It was situated about a mile north west of Notgrove village, and at 750' was the highest station on the Banbury-Cheltenham direct line. The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Intended as a transport hub for the surrounding agricultural area, it never fulfilled its potential. The last passenger service to the station was on 13 October 1962. Goods services between the station and Cheltenham ceased a few days later.

The station site is now a camp site.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Andoversford Junction
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
  Bourton-on-the-Water
Line and station closed

References

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51°53′23″N 1°52′03″W / 51.8896°N 1.8674°W / 51.8896; -1.8674