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Cirencester Town 
Remaining station frontage in 2006. Location Place Cirencester Area Cotswold Grid reference SP020017 Operations Original company Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping GWR Platforms 1 History 31 May 1841 Opened as Cirencester 1 July 1924 Renamed Cirencester Town 6 April 1964 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZCirencester Town railway station was one of three railway stations which formerly served the town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; the others were Cirencester Watermoor and Chesterton Lane Halt.
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History
The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was promoted to link the towns of Cheltenham and Gloucester to the Great Western Railway at Swindon; there was to be a branch from Kemble to Cirencester.[1] The line was authorised on 21 June 1836,[1] but took several years to build. The first section to open was that between Swindon and Kemble (where there was no station at first) together with the Cirencester branch; it opened on 31 May 1841.[2][3]
On 1 July 1924 the station was renamed Cirencester Town.[3]
The station closed on 6 April 1964.[3]
Routes
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Terminus Great Western Railway
Cirencester Branch LineChesterton Lane Halt
Line and station closedReferences
- ^ a b MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. p. 164.
- ^ MacDermot 1927, p. 170
- ^ a b c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
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