Stonehouse (Bristol Road) railway station

Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
The site of Stonehouse (Bristol Road) station as viewed from the north. The surviving Station Master's house can be seen in the distance.
General information
LocationStonehouse, Stroud
England
Grid referenceSO798054
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBristol and Gloucester Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
8 July 1844 (1844-07-08)Opened as Stonehouse
17 September 1951Renamed Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
4 January 1965 (1965-01-04)Closed to Passengers
3 January 1966 (1966-01-03)Closed to Goods

Stonehouse (Bristol Road) railway station, also known as Stroudwater station[1][2][3][4][5] after the nearby canal, was a station in Stonehouse, England, on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway between Haresfield and Frocester.

History

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A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Stonehouse, shown here as MIDLAND STA.
Stonehouse &
Nailsworth Railway
Legend
Cross Country Route
← to Birmingham • to Bristol →
 Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
Ryeford
Dudbridge
Stroud
Woodchester
Nailsworth

The station was called, first and unofficially, Eastington Road and then, officially, Bristol Road to distinguish it from a second station, Stonehouse (Burdett Road), which was on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, now the Golden Valley Line, between Gloucester and Swindon.[6] Its proximity to the older Stroudwater Navigation, opened in 1779, led to this name also coming into local usage.

Bristol Road station was the junction for the Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway's branch line to Nailsworth, which later had a small branch line of its own to Stroud. Unusually, the junction was to the north of Stonehouse (Bristol Road) station, and the branch line platform was a separate affair to the east of the main line station and connected by a covered pathway. The Nailsworth/Stroud branch lost its passenger services in 1947 as an economy measure, with official closure in 1949, though goods services remained until 1966.[6]

Services to and from the Bristol Road station on the main line closed to passengers under the Beeching Axe in 1965 and to goods traffic the following year. The redundant goods yard became the Stonehouse Coal Concentration Depot from 7 October 1966. It closed in 1989.[6]

Reopening plans

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In July 2017, plans were proposed to reopen the station, which would provide a fast link to Bristol.[7][5] In September 2020, Stroud District Council announced that they had backed plans to reopen the railway station.[8]

Services

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Frocester
Station closed 		  Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Midland Railway 		  Haresfield
Station closed
Terminus   Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway
Midland Railway 		  Ryeford
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ "Stroudwater Bristol Road Stonehouse Station". Stonehouse Town Council. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ Durrant, Carol (25 August 2020). "FoSBR support campaign for Stroudwater station". Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Stroudwater Station Join our campaign to re-open Stroudwater Station!". Stroudwater Station. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. ^ Tanner, Bill (23 January 2022). "New railway station campaign picking up speed". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b Holmes, Matthew. "Get behind the campaign for Stroudwater Station". Stroud News & Journal. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Oakley, Mike (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Dovecote Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.
  7. ^ Bisknell, Eddie (26 July 2017). "Plans to bring 'vital investment' to district by extending platform at Stonehouse rail station met with approval". Stroud News & Journal.
  8. ^ "Council backs plans to reopen Bristol Road railway station". Gloucestershire Live. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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