Kemble railway station
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| Location | |||
| Place | Kemble | ||
| Local authority | Cotswold (district) | ||
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| Station code | KEM | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.223 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.236 million | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kemble from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Kemble railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Kemble in Gloucestershire. The station is located on the Swindon to Gloucester "Golden Valley" line. Despite its rural location, Kemble station has a high number of passengers, due mainly to the proximity of Cirencester.
The station has two platforms, and is served by First Great Western: operating services from London Paddington to Gloucester and Cheltenham using HST and "Adelante" Class 180 trains, and local services from Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa using the former Wessex Trains Class 150 two carriage sets.
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[edit] History
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1882. Until the 1960s the station was a junction, with two branch lines to Cirencester and Tetbury. You can still see the old branch lines today - just before the tunnel after Kemble station (going Swindon-bound). The Tetbury branch was closed to traffic on the 5th August 1963, whilst Cirencester closed to traffic on the 4th April 1965.
The Tetbury bound platform remains, but the track has been lifted. The building on the down platform (no. 2) has been out of use for several years, containing toilets and a waiting room, which are still in situ. On the former Cirencester platform, a short stub of track remains for the occasional stabling of track machines. This ends at a buffer stop just before the station car park.
There is a current proposal to redouble the railway line from Swindon to Kemble. Network Rail is investigating the options for reinstating the second track, along with the likely cost of such options. The Network Rail business plan mentions these proposals as being scheduled for delivery in 2009.
[edit] Current Services
Kemble station is served on a Monday to Friday by:
- 18 Swindon bound trains, 8 of which continue to London Paddington via Reading
- 18 Gloucester bound trains, 17 of which continue to Cheltenham Spa.
Making an off peak service of one train every two hours to London, with trains to Swindon, Cheltenham and Gloucester every hour. The station is occasionally served by Cardiff Central / Swansea services diverted during engineering works.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Stroud | First Great Western London - Cheltenham Spa |
Swindon | ||
| First Great Western Cheltenham Spa - Swindon |
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[edit] Facilities
The station has a ticket office on platform 1, which open Mondays to Saturdays from 6:40am until lunchtime, for all other times the station is unmanned. During the times the station is manned the toilets are open.
There is also a small café selling newspapers, coffee and bacon rolls, this is also only open for the morning rush hour.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Kemble railway station from National Rail
| 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: | ||
| 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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