Limpley Stoke railway station

Limpley Stoke
The station in 2010
General information
Location	Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire England
Coordinates	51°20′55″N2°18′53″W / 51.348599°N 2.314733°W / 51.348599; -2.314733
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1857 (1857)	Opened [1]
1966 (1966)	Closed [1]
Location

v t e Wessex Main Line
Legend
Bristol–Exeter line to Taunton Bristol Temple Meads South Wales Main Line to Cardiff Central River Avon St Anne's Park Keynsham Saltford Twerton-on-Avon Oldfield Park Bath Spa River Avon Hampton Row Halt Bathampton Bathampton Junction Great Western Main Line Bristol & North Somerset Rly Camerton branch Limpley Stoke Freshford Avoncliff Thingley Junction Great Western Main Line to London Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Melksham Broughton Gifford Halt Devizes branch line Holt Junction Holt Junction Staverton Halt Bradford-on-Avon Bradford South Junction Trowbridge Reading–Taunton line to Reading Westbury Reading–Taunton line to Taunton Dilton Marsh Warminster Heytesbury Codford Camp Branch Upton Lovell Halt Codford Stockton Crossing Halt A303 Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North West of England line to Exeter Wilton South Salisbury River Avon Fisherton Tunnel West of England line to London Milford goods depot Alderbury staff platforms Salisbury & Dorset Jn Rly Dean Mottisfont & Dunbridge Sprat and Winkle Line & Andover to Redbridge Line River Test Romsey Eastleigh–Romsey line M27 Nursling South West Main Line to Bournemouth and Weymouth Redbridge Millbrook Southampton Central Southampton Tunnel Southampton Terminus South West Main Line to London West Coastway line to Brighton

Limpley Stoke railway station is a former railway station in Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, England. The station was originally started by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, which was bought by the Great Western Railway before service started. The station served as a loading point for limestone from nearby quarries until 1960. ^[1] Two camping coaches were positioned here by the Western Region from 1956 to 1957. ^[2] The station closed in 1966, and the building is now in private hands. The line remains open, and has regular passenger service.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Monkton Combe Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Camerton branch)		Freshford Line and station open
Bathampton Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line / Heart of Wessex Line

References

1. "Limpley Stoke Station". Bradford on Avon Museum. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
2. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 95. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.