Oldland Common railway station

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Oldland Common

Location

Place

Oldland Common

Local authority

Gloucestershire

Operations

Managed by

Avon Valley Railway

Platforms in use

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Oldland Common is a railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. The station is near to the site of a previous station which was on the-then LMS Bath branch from Mangotsfield.

1 The earlier station
2 The present station
3 Services
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The earlier station

Oldland Common's first station opened on 2 December 1935 on the LMS branch line that had been originally opened by the Midland Railway through this site in 1869. The station was intended to serve the growing suburban development in the area. It had platforms built of railway sleepers, and a small ticket office on the footpath that led down from the top of the cutting in which it was sited. In its last years before closure with the line on 7 March 1966 it was designated as an unstaffed halt.

[edit] The present station

Passengers are invited to leave the train to watch the engine run round its train.

However, at the main terminus station in Bitton (near Cherry Gardens), there is a small Cafe, a gift shop, and toilets. Also, it features a grass area where you can sit in the Summer. You can also cycle to the station as it lies on the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path.