Grange Court railway station was a

junction station ''Junction station'' usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming lines. At a station with platforms running from left to right, the minimum ...

on the

South Wales Railway The South Wales Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd De Cymru) was a main line railway which opened in stages from 1850, connecting the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to South Wales. It was constructed on the broad gauge. An original aspiration was to ...

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

(on the present day

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) where it met the

Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway (also known as the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway), was a railway which ran for linking Hereford and Gloucester, England, via Ross-on-Wye. It was opened on 1 June 1855 as a broad gauge line, it ...

History

Opened on 1 June 1855 by the

the station was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1862 and then passed on to the

Western Region of British Railways The Western Region was a region of British Railways from 1948. The region ceased to be an operating unit in its own right on completion of the "Organising for Quality" initiative on 6 April 1992. The Region consisted principally of ex-Great We ...

on nationalisation in 1948. Despite a local campaign to save the station led by West Gloucestershire MP Charles Loughlin the station was closed after the last train on 31 October 1964. Though the actual junction remains connected to the main line, the station has now been demolished.

Station layout

The station consisted of four platforms, two on the

and the other two on the

. There was a shelter on each platform and platform one (the up platform on the

) had a stone station building with a cafe and booking office etc. There was a footbridge across the station, signal box, sidings and a small goods yard.

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Grange Court on navigable 1946 O. S. map
{{Transport in Gloucestershire Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855 Beeching closures in England 1855 establishments in England

History

Station layout

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