Bishops Cleeve railway station

Bishop's Cleeve
The railway station in 1962
General information
Location	Bishop's Cleeve, Tewkesbury England
Coordinates	51°56′51″N2°03′01″W / 51.9474°N 2.0504°W / 51.9474; -2.0504
Grid reference	SO966276
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 June 1906	Station opens
7 March 1960	Station closed [1]

Bishop's Cleeve railway station was a railway station that served the village of Bishop's Cleeve in Gloucestershire, England.

It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1906, on its line between Stratford-upon-Avon and Cheltenham. It closed in March 1960, ^[2] though the line itself remained open until 1976. The track was later lifted.

From 1997 to 2001 the line was relaid by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (G-WR) through the station site and later reopened in 2003, ^[3] though there are currently no plans to rebuild the station site, as of September 2016 ^[update] .

The Midland Railway also opened a station, called Cleeve, on the nearby Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1843. ^[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Gotherington Line and station open		Great Western Railway Honeybourne Line		Cheltenham Racecourse Line and station open

References

1. 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.
2. "Bishops Cleeve Station". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
3. "Railway Chronology". GWSR. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
4. "Cleeve Station". Pastscape. Historic England. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2020.