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Railway station in Gloucestershire, England

Haresfield
Station in 1961 with BR Standard Class 9F 92151 working the Pines Express.
General information
LocationHaresfield, Stroud
England
Coordinates51°47′18″N 2°16′25″W / 51.7883°N 2.2737°W / 51.7883; -2.2737
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
29 May 1854Station opened
4 January 1965Station closed

Haresfield railway station served the village of Haresfield in Gloucestershire, England.

History

A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Haresfield (top right)

The station opened on 29 May 1854 on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway while converting from broad gauge to the standard gauge used by its new owner, the Midland Railway.

Haresfield served only the Midland Railway despite Great Western Railway's (GWR) Swindon to Gloucester services running on parallel tracks. Passengers at the Haresfield station were not able to board passing GWR trains, as the GWR never built a station there.

Haresfield never provided any freight facilities and it closed to passenger services on 4 January 1965 along with other stations on the Bristol to Gloucester line. Today, the four tracks (two Midland and two GWR) have been realigned and no trace of the station remains.

Services

Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Gloucester–Newport line
(SWR) to Newport
Gloucester
Gloucester (Eastgate)
Birmingham & Gloucester Rly
(MR) to Birmingham
 M5 
Haresfield
Golden Valley line
(GWR) to Swindon
Stonehouse
(Bristol Road)
Stonehouse & Nailsworth Rly
(MR) to Nailsworth/Stroud
Stroudwater Navigation
Frocester
Cam & Dursley
Coaley Junction
Dursley & Midland Junction Rly
(MR) to Dursley
 M5 
Berkeley Road
Sharpness branch line
(MR) to Sharpness
 M5 
Charfield
Wickwar
Wickwar Tunnel
Thornbury branch line
(MR) to Thornbury
Yate
Westerleigh Junction
South Wales Main Line
(GWR) to London Paddington
Coalpit Heath Sidings
Ram Hill Colliery
Westerleigh Goods Depot
 M4 
Bristol Parkway
Mangotsfield & Bath branch line
(MR) to Bath
South Wales Main Line
(GWR) to Swansea
Mangotsfield
Goods line
to Avonmouth docks
Staple Hill
Staple Hill Tunnel
Filton Abbey Wood Fishponds
Avonside Locomotive Works
Clifton Extension Rly
(GWR & MR) to Avonmouth
Kingswood Junction
River Frome
Atlas Locomotive Works
and collieries
 M32 
Stapleton Road
Lawrence Hill
Waste Depot
Goods Depots
Bristol St Philip's
Bristol Harbour River Avon (from Bath)
(GWR)
Temple Meads
Goods Depot
Great Western Main Line
to London Paddington
Bristol Temple Meads
Bridge over Victoria Street
tunnel under
St Mary Redcliffe churchyard
Bristol Harbour Railway St Philip's Marsh depot
River Avon (to the sea)
Bristol & North Somerset Rly
(GWR)
Bristol and Exeter Railway
(GWR) to Taunton and Exeter
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
Line open, station closed
  Midland Railway
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
  Gloucester
Line and station open
    Gloucester Eastgate
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Mike Oakley (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.
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Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
Cirencester branch line
Tetbury branch line
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
East Gloucestershire Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Honeybourne Line
Bristol and South Wales Union Railway
Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Mangotsfield and Bath branch line
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Sharpness branch line
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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
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