Tetbury Road | |||||
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%2c_Gloucestershire_(geograph_5876450).jpg) The site of the station in 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Coates,Cotswold, England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°41′17″N2°01′42″W / 51.6880°N 2.0284°W /51.6880; -2.0284 | ||||
| Grid reference | ST981987 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 12 May 1845 | ||||
| Closed | 1 May 1882 | ||||
| Original company | Cheltenham & Great Western Union Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 12 May 1845 | Opened asTetbury Road | ||||
| 1 May 1882 | Closed to passengers | ||||
| 1 May 1908 | RenamedCoates | ||||
| 1 July 1963 | Closed to freight | ||||
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Tetbury Road railway station servedKemble,Coates andTetbury, inGloucestershire, England. It was built by theCheltenham & Great Western Union Railway, operating between 1845 and 1963.
The station was situated on theGolden Valley Line, to the north of the bridge where the line passes over theFosse Way.[1] The site was carefully chosen so as to be outside the land around Kemble, which was owned by Robert Gordon who forbade the construction of a public station on his land.[2]
TheCheltenham & Great Western Union Railway (C&GWU) had been authorised on 21 June 1836 to build a line from a junction with theGreat Western Railway (GWR) atSwindon toCheltenham Spa, viaKemble, with a branch from the latter point toCirencester Town.[3] The first section of the C&GWU from Swindon to Cirencester opened on 31 May 1841; there were no stations betweenMinety and Cirencester.[2][4]
A junction was later constructed atKemble and, with it, the line from there toGloucester was opened on 12 May 1845; the first station on the new line was at Tetbury Road.[5] A station was also built at the junction, but this had no road access, being intended for interchange purposes.[6][7] In the meantime, the C&GWU had been purchased by the GWR on 1 July 1843.[2][8]
During the conversion of the Cirencester branch from7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) tostandard gauge, which took place between 22 and 27 May 1872, Cirencester passengers used Tetbury Road station; they were conveyed between the station and Cirencester by omnibus.[2]
When road access to Kemble station was provided from 1 May 1882, Tetbury Road was closed to passengers.[1][2][9] It remained open for goods and was renamedCoates on 1 May 1908, to prevent goods intended forTetbury from being sent here by mistake;[1] the Tetbury branch having opened for passengers and goods on December 1889.[10] The station closed completely on 1 July 1963.[1][2]
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Chalford Line open, station closed | Great Western Railway Cheltenham & Great Western Union Railway | Kemble Line and station open | ||
The line remains open for passenger services between Swindon and Cheltenham Spa, but no traces of the station remain.
