- Dudbridge railway station
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Dudbridge Location Place Dudbridge Area Stroud Coordinates 51°44′16″N 2°14′34″W / 51.7379°N 2.2427°WCoordinates: 51°44′16″N 2°14′34″W / 51.7379°N 2.2427°W Grid reference SO833044 Operations Original company Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Pre-grouping Midland Railway Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Platforms 2 History 4 February 1867 Opened as Dudbridge for Stroud 1 July 1886 Renamed Dudbridge 16 June 1947 Last train 8 June 1949 Official closure 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–ZStonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Legend
Cross Country Route to Birmingham 
Stonehouse (Bristol Road) 
Ryeford Dudbridge 
Stroud Wallgate Woodchester 
Nailsworth 
Cross Country Route to Bristol Dudbridge railway station served the Stroud suburb of Dudbridge and the village of Selsley, little more than a mile from Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. The station was on the 9.3 km-long Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, later part of the Midland Railway.
The station opened as "Dudbridge for Stroud" with the railway in 1867.[1] The buildings included a two-storey station-master's house and though there was originally only a single platform, the station was a passing place on the single-track branch line.
In 1885, the Midland Railway built a very short branch line from Dudbridge to Stroud. The new line opened for goods traffic in 1885 and for passengers the following year, at which point Dudbridge became a junction station, and a second platform was built.
The Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, along with the rest of the Midland Railway, became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping. Passenger services were suspended on the line as an economy measure to save fuel in June 1947, and were officially withdrawn from 8 June 1949. Dudbridge remained open for goods traffic until 1966.
The station buildings survived and were occupied until the early 1990s, when they were demolished, though there are traces of the platforms.[2]
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Ryeford
Line and station closedMidland Railway
Stonehouse and Nailsworth RailwayWoodchester
Line and station closedMidland Railway
Stroud branchStroud Wallgate
Line and station closedReferences
- ^ Oakley, Mike (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 1 904349 24 2.
- ^ Oakley 2003, p. 65
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