Haresfield railway station

Haresfield
Station in 1961 with BR Standard Class 9F 92151 working the Pines Express.
Location
Place	Haresfield
Area	Stroud
Coordinates	51°47′18″N 2°16′25″W / 51.7883°N 2.2737°W / 51.7883; -2.2737Coordinates: 51°47′18″N 2°16′25″W / 51.7883°N 2.2737°W / 51.7883; -2.2737
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
29 May 1854	Station opened
4 January 1965	Station closed
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Haresfield railway station served the village of Haresfield in Gloucestershire, England.

History

A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Haresfield (top right)

The station opened on 29 May 1854^[1] on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway while converting from broad gauge to the standard gauge used by its new owner, the Midland Railway.

Haresfield served only the Midland Railway despite Great Western Railway's (GWR) Swindon to Gloucester services running on parallel tracks. Passengers at the Haresfield station were not able to board passing GWR trains, as the GWR never built a station there.

Haresfield never provided any freight facilities and it closed to passenger services on 4 January 1965^[1] along with other stations on the Bristol to Gloucester line. Today, the four tracks (two Midland and two GWR) have been realigned and no trace of the station remains.^[2]

Services

Bristol and Gloucester Railway
Gloucester–Newport line (SWR) to Newport Gloucester Birmingham & Gloucester Rly (MR) to Birmingham New Street  M5  (1854–1965)Haresfield Golden Valley line (GWR) to Swindon Stonehouse (Bristol Road) (closed 1965) Stonehouse & Nailsworth Rly (MR) to Nailsworth/Stroud Stroudwater Navigation (closed 1961)Frocester Cam & Dursley(opened 1994) (1856–1965)Coaley Junction Dursley & Midland Junction Rly (MR) to Dursley  M5  Berkeley Road(closed 1965) Sharpness branch line (MR) to Sharpness  M5  (closed 1965)Charfield Wickwar(closed 1965) Wickwar tunnel Thornbury branch line (MR) to Thornbury Yate( Closed 1965 Reopened 1989 ) Westerleigh Junction South Wales Main Line (GWR) to London Paddington Coalpit Heath Sidings Ram Hill Colliery Westerleigh Goods Depot  M4  Bristol Parkway Mangotsfield & Bath branch ine (MR) to Bath South Wales Main Line (GWR) to Swansea Mangotsfield(1845–1966) Goods line to Avonmouth docks Staple Hill(1888–1966) Staple Hill Tunnel Filton Abbey Wood Fishponds(1866–1966) Avonside Locomotive Works Clifton Extension Rly (GWR & MR) to Avonmouth Kingswood Junction River Frome Atlas Locomotive Works and collieries  M32  Stapleton Road Lawrence Hill Waste Depot Goods Depots ( Terminus 1870–1953 )Bristol St Philip's Bristol Harbour River Avon (from Bath) (GWR) Temple Meads Goods Depot Great Western main line to London Paddington Bristol Temple Meads Bridge over Victoria Street Tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe churchyard Bristol Harbour Railway St Philip's Marsh depot River Avon (to the sea) Bristol & North Somerset Rly (GWR) Bristol and Exeter Railway (GWR) to Taunton and Exeter

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