Stroud railway station

Stroud National Rail
Location
Place Stroud
Local authority Stroud
Coordinates 51°44′42″N 2°13′08″W / 51.745°N 2.219°W / 51.745; -2.219Coordinates: 51°44′42″N 2°13′08″W / 51.745°N 2.219°W / 51.745; -2.219
Grid reference SO849051
Operations
Station code STD
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 2
DfT category D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03  0.222 million
2004/05 Increase 0.268 million
2005/06 Increase 0.281 million
2006/07 Increase 0.317 million
2007/08 Increase 0.355 million
2008/09 Increase 0.400 million
2009/10 Increase 0.414 million
2010/11 Increase 0.448 million
2011/12 Increase 0.464 million
2012/13 Increase 0.485 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.465 million
History
Original company Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
1845 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stroud from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Chalford - Gloucester auto-train in 1962
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Stroud railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. Stroud railway station (on the Gloucester–Swindon Golden Valley Line) was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

History

It was opened on 12 May 1845 with the opening of the Kemble to Gloucester section of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway. For a period between 1886 and 1947 when Stroud had two passenger railway stations, it was known as Stroud Great Western, Stroud Russell Street or Stroud Central. Stroud's second station, Stroud Wallgate, was the terminus of a short branch line from the Midland Railway's Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, and freight services were always more important there than passengers.[1]

Description

Stroud station has two platforms and is served by Great Western Railway. The station has a ticket office, located on the Swindon bound platform, which is open for most of the day, seven days a week

Services

Great Western Railway operate services from London Paddington to Gloucester and Cheltenham using InterCity 125 trains, and local services from Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham using the former Wessex Trains Class 150 two carriage sets.


Preceding station National Rail Following station
Kemble   Great Western Railway
London/Swindon - Cheltenham
  Stonehouse
  Great Western Railway
Cheltenham-Westbury
 
Historical railways
Bowbridge Crossing Halt
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
  Downfield Crossing Halt
Line open, station closed

References

  1. Mike Oakley (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 128–129. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.

External links

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