Cheltenham Spa railway station

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South entrance to the station (2013) Cheltenham Spa Railway Station.jpg
South entrance to the station (2013)
Cheltenham Spa
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Platforms at Cheltenham Spa station (2018)
General information
Location Cheltenham
England
Coordinates 51°53′49″N2°06′00″W / 51.897°N 2.100°W / 51.897; -2.100
Grid reference SO931220
Managed by Great Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCNM
Classification DfT category C1
History
Original company Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Key dates
24 June 1840Opened as Cheltenham
1 February 1925Renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown)
1 January 1948Renamed Cheltenham Spa
Passengers
2018/19Increase2.svg 2.468 million
 Interchange Increase2.svg 0.202 million

Cheltenham Spa station is served by 8 to 12 trains every hour during the daytime on Mondays to Saturdays; services are less frequent on Sundays. Three train operating companies services stop here:

Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Gloucester   Transport for Wales
Maesteg - Cheltenham
 Terminus
Gloucester   CrossCountry
Cardiff – Nottingham
  Worcestershire Parkway or Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
Bristol Parkway   CrossCountry
South West – North East and Scotland
  Birmingham New Street
  CrossCountry
Bristol – Manchester
 
Gloucester   Great Western Railway
Cheltenham – London/Swindon
 Terminus
Gloucester   Great Western Railway
Great Malvern – Westbury
  Ashchurch for
Tewkesbury
Disused railways
Badgeworth   Birmingham and
Gloucester Railway
  Swindon (Glos)
Churchdown   Midland Railway   Cheltenham High Street
Terminus  Great Western Railway
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
  Leckhampton
Line and station closed
HR icon.svg   Proposed Heritage railways
Cheltenham Malvern Road
Line and station closed
  Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway  Terminus

Redevelopment proposals

In early 2012, Cheltenham Council released a concept statement promoting various enhancements at the station. [13] In March 2013, the Gloucestershire Local Transport Body (LTB) asked for bids from the local area for transport projects which could be funded in the period 2015 to 2019. A proposal to significantly enhance the station with new passenger facilities, and install a new south-facing bay platform to enable trains to reverse and increase capacity, was put forward.[ citation needed ]

During the development phase of the submission, it was found that two new bay platforms were required. This configuration formed the basis of a station regeneration proposal that was submitted to the Gloucestershire Local Transport Body for consideration in early March 2013. Following short-listing to stage 2, a second funding proposal was submitted in May 2013. Proposals for the station and various other transport schemes were published for public consultation on the LTB website in the same month,[ citation needed ] and the LTB allocated £3.3 million to the scheme, which had an estimated total cost of £20 million. [14]

In February 2014, the scheme was shelved after both Network Rail and train operator First Great Western refused to back the portion of the proposals relating to the additional platforms, though they were supportive of the need to upgrade other passenger facilities, i.e. station building & taxi/bus interchange improvements and better car parking. [14]

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