Cam and Dursley railway station
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| Cam and Dursley | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Coaley | ||
| Local authority | Stroud | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | CDU | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 64,355 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 72,113 | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cam and Dursley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Cam and Dursley railway station is a railway station serving the towns of Cam and Dursley in Gloucestershire. It is located on the main Bristol-Birmingham line, between Yate and Gloucester, at a site close to where Coaley Junction railway station was situated from 1856 to 1965.
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[edit] The new station
Following a campaign for the reopening of Coaley Junction, the new station called Cam and Dursley opened in 1994, about 300 yards east of the original site. The new station is unmanned, and consists of two platforms, linked by a footbridge, a car park and bus stop, from which bus survices run to nearby Cam, Dursley and Coaley. Passenger services are provided by First Great Western.
There is a rail user group for the station, Coaley Junction Action Committee (CoJAC), which, following the opening of the new station, continues as a group to press for improvements in the service, etc.
[edit] The previous station
Coaley was originally the junction for the short Dursley and Midland Junction Railway branch to Cam and Dursley, built in 1856 and later taken over by the Midland Railway. The branch closed to passenger traffic on 10 September 1962 (though freight services into R A Lister and Company's engine works at Dursley continued until 1968). Coaley Junction station closed in 1965 with the withdrawal of stopping trains on the line between Bristol and Gloucester.
[edit] Services
First Great Western's 'local' services operate all services at this station. A new timetable was brought out on 10 December 2006 which saw the introduction of a mostly hourly "clockface" service, and a considerable increase in the number of trains calling, with northbound services (on Mondays to Fridays) increased from 11 to 15 and southbound services increased from 13 to 16.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Yate | First Great Western Taunton - Cheltenham |
Gloucester | ||
| Disused Railways | ||||
| Stopping at Coaley Junction railway station... | ||||
| Berkeley Road Station closed |
Bristol and Gloucester Railway Midland Railway |
Frocester Station closed |
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| Sharpness Branch Line Midland Railway |
Terminus | |||
| Cam Line and station closed |
Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Midland Railway |
Terminus | ||
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Cam and Dursley railway station from National Rail
- CoJAC website, the rail user group for Cam and Dursley station
| Railway stations in Gloucestershire | ||
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| Mainline: | ||
| On the Golden Valley Line: |
Kemble - Stonehouse - Stroud |
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| On the Bristol-Birmingham Line: |
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cam and Dursley |
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| Others: | ||
 Heritage railway stations in Gloucestershire |
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| Dean Forest Railway: |
Lydney Junction - Lydney Town - Norchard - Parkend - St Mary's Halt - Whitecroft |
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| Glos-Warks Railway: |
Cheltenham Racecourse - Gotherington - Toddington - Winchcombe |
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