Badminton railway station

Badminton
General information
Location	Badminton, South Gloucestershire England
Coordinates	51°31′49″N2°16′32″W / 51.53025°N 2.27552°W / 51.53025; -2.27552
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1903	Station opened
3 June 1968	Station closed
Location

View eastward, towards Swindon in 1961

Badminton railway station is a closed railway station in Gloucestershire, England on the line between Wootton Bassett to the east, and Patchway and Filton to the west. It served the villages of Badminton and Acton Turville.

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1903 and became part of British Railways on 1 January 1948. The station was closed in 1968 but its closure was delayed due to the delay in nulling an agreement with the Duke of Badminton regarding trains stopping at the station. ^[1]

The station buildings and sections of platforms still stand derelict with trains passing through the site on the South Wales Main Line.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Hullavington		Great Western Railway South Wales Main Line		Chipping Sodbury

References

1. Smith, Kevin (2004). Swindon to Newport featuring the Severn Tunnel. MIddleton Press. 29. ISBN   9781904474302.

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.
• Leigh, Chris (1981). GWR Country Stations. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN   0-7110-1108-7

External links

• Badminton on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Badminton on Geograph
• The local M.P. raises the closure in Parliament – May 1968