Place Bourton-on-the-Water Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms in use 2 | Area Cotswold 1 March 1862 Station opens | |
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Original company Bourton-on-the-Water Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways Similar Stow‑on‑the‑Wold railway station, Mickleton Halt railway st, Downfield Crossing Halt railw, Ebley Crossing Halt railw, Bishops Cleeve railway st | ||
Bourton-on-the-Water railway station was a Gloucestershire railway station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway which opened in 1881 and closed in 1964. The station building, in 2009 on the edge of an industrial estate, was demolished in 2011
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History
The railway station was situated just to the north the village and served surrounding villages like Lower Slaughter. It was rebuilt in 1936 by the Chief Architect to the Great Western Railway, Percy Emerson Culverhouse.
The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The last passenger service to the station was on 13 October 1962. Goods services between the station and Cheltenham ceased in 1962 with the service between Bourton and Kingham closing a year later.
Present day
Following closure, the station was used as a highways depot by Gloucestershire County Council. The present building, built in the 1930s, is earmarked for demolition in late 2009. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway had considered reusing the building at its Broadway railway station, but later changed its mind.