- Cheltenham South and Leckhampton railway station
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Cheltenham Leckhampton Location Place Leckhampton Area Cheltenham Grid reference SO948204 Operations Original company Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping GWR Platforms 2 History 1 June 1881 Opened as Leckhampton 1 May 1906 Renamed Cheltenham South and Leckhampton April 1952 Renamed Cheltenham Leckhampton 15 October 1962 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–ZCheltenham South and Leckhampton railway station in Gloucestershire served the village of Leckhampton and the southern outskirts of Cheltenham Spa.
History
Railways around Cheltenham Legendto Birmingham Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham High Street Halt Cheltenham High Street Cheltenham St James Cheltenham Malvern Road Cheltenham Lansdown Cheltenham Leckhampton to Banbury to Gloucester The station opened in 1881 with the opening of the Bourton-on-the-Water to Cheltenham section of the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, which was operated and later taken over by the Great Western Railway.
From 1891 the station was also served by trains on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway line, which branched off the Banbury and Cheltenham line at Andoversford and formed a north-south link from Cheltenham to Swindon, Andover and the south coast. The M&SWJR had running rights over the GWR line.
The station was originally called Leckhampton, but acquired its longer name in 1906 when a through express train service between Newcastle upon Tyne and Swansea was routed along the Banbury to Cheltenham line: the express did not pass through any of the main Cheltenham stations, and the renaming of Leckhampton, where it called, was intended to show passengers that there was a Cheltenham service on the train. It was renamed Cheltenham Leckhampton in 1952.
It was a small station with a brick building. The line through it was particularly busy during the First World War and the Second World War with heavy troop and machinery movements on the M&SWJR. Traffic declined rapidly after the Second World War.
The M&SWJR line closed to passenger traffic in September 1961, and services on the Banbury to Cheltenham line were withdrawn on 15 October 1962, when the station closed. The site of the station is now occupied by Leckhampton Place, a residential development, and Liddington Park Industrial Estate; both accessed via Old Station Drive.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Charlton Kings
Line and station closedGreat Western Railway
Midland and South Western Junction RailwayCheltenham Lansdown
Line closed, station openGreat Western Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct RailwayCheltenham (Malvern Road)
Line and station closedReferences
- Mike Oakley, Gloucestershire Railway Stations, 2003, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, ISBN 1-904349-24-2, pp41–42
Closed railway stations in eastern Gloucestershire Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Tetbury Road · Chalford · St Mary's Crossing Halt · Brimscombe · Brimscombe Bridge Halt · Ham Mill Halt · Bowbridge Crossing Halt · Downfield Crossing Halt · Cashes Green Halt · Ebley Crossing Halt · Churchdown · Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road · Cheltenham Spa St. JamesCirencester Branch Line Tetbury branch line Jackament's Bridge Halt · Rodmarton Platform · Church's Hill Halt · Culkerton · Trouble House Halt · TetburyMidland and South Western Junction Railway South Cerney · Cirencester Watermoor · Foss Cross · Chedworth Halt · Withington (Glos) · Andoversford and DowdeswellEast Gloucestershire Railway Lechlade · FairfordBanbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Stow-on-the-Wold · Bourton-on-the-Water · Notgrove · Andoversford Junction · Charlton Kings · Cheltenham LeckhamptonOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Honeybourne Line Cheltenham High Street Halt · Bishops Cleeve · Gretton Halt · Hayles Abbey Halt · Laverton Halt · Willersey Halt · Weston-sub-EdgeBristol and South Wales Union Railway Ashley Hill · Horfield · Filton · Filton Junction · Pilning Low Level · Cross Hands Halt · New Passage Halt · New Passage · New Passage PierBristol and Gloucester Railway St Philip's · Fishponds · Staple Hill · Mangotsfield · Wickwar · Charfield for Wootton-under-Edge · Berkeley Road · Coaley · Frocester · Stonehouse Bristol Road · Haresfield · Gloucester EastgateMangotsfield and Bath Branch Line Thornbury Branch Line Sharpness Branch Line Berkeley · SharpnessDursley and Midland Junction Railway Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Coordinates: 51°52′59″N 2°04′40″W / 51.88307°N 2.07777°W
Categories:- Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire
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- Railway stations opened in 1881
- Railway stations closed in 1962
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