Oldland Common railway station

Oldland Common
Location
Place	Oldland Common
Area	South Gloucestershire
Coordinates	51°26′36″N 2°28′04″W / 51.443447°N 2.467646°W / 51.443447; -2.467646Coordinates: 51°26′36″N 2°28′04″W / 51.443447°N 2.467646°W / 51.443447; -2.467646
Operations
Owned by	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways Avon Valley Railway
Platforms	1
History
2 December 1935	Opened (Oldland Common)
7 December 1964	Renamed (Oldland Common Halt)
7 March 1966	Closed
6 March 1991	Reopened as heritage station
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Oldland Common is a railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. The station is near to the site of a previous station which was on the-then LMS Bath branch from Mangotsfield.

Earlier station

Oldland Common's first station opened on 2 December 1935 on the LMS branch line that had been originally opened by the Midland Railway through this site in 1869. The station was intended to serve the growing suburban development in the area. It had platforms built of railway sleepers, and a small ticket office on the footpath that led down from the top of the cutting in which it was sited. In its last years before closure with the line on 7 March 1966 it was designated as an unstaffed halt.

Present station

Passengers are invited to leave the train to watch the engine run round its train.

However, at the main terminus station in Bitton (near Cherry Gardens), there is a small Cafe, a gift shop, and toilets. Also, it features a grass area where you can sit in the Summer. You can also cycle to the station as it lies on the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path.

Services

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Terminus		Avon Valley Railway		Bitton
	Disused railways
Warmley Line and station closed		Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line Midland Railway		Bitton Line closed

External links

• Avon Valley Railway Website
• Gloucestershire Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, 2003