Broadway railway station

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Broadway
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The station in 1962
Location
Place Broadway
Area Wychavon
Operations
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1 October 1904 Station opens
7 March 1960 Station closed[1]
2018 planned reopening
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–Z
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Broadway railway station is a former Great Western Railway station that served the town of Broadway in Worcestershire, England. It opened in 1904, and closed to passengers in 1960; the original station buildings were demolished in the 1960s,[2] although the line through the site remained open for passenger trains until 1968.

Work started in 2009 on the reconstruction of the station, along with the track south to Laverton, by the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway for connection to its existing line to Cheltenham.

Preservation

As of 2015, the four mile section of track from the current terminus at Toddington toward Broadway station is currently being relaid.[3] Trains currently run as far as Laverton halt.[4] The rebuilding of Broadway station is due to be completed in 2017,[5] and services are expected in 2018.[6]

The GWR Broadway Area Group of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust started work clearing the derelict site in 2009. During 2015, both platforms had been constructed, a signal box on platform 2 was mostly constructed and the initial work on the main station building had begun.

Honeybourne Line being rebuilt for passenger trains.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Willersey Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Honeybourne Line
  Laverton Halt
Line and station closed
Heritage Railways  Proposed Heritage railways
Weston-sub-Edge
Line and station closed
  Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway   Laverton Halt
Line and station closed

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
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