Park Leaze Halt railway station was one of two intermediate halts on the

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, England. It was one of the shortest-lived stations in post-

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Britain, being open for just over four years, between 1960 and 1964.

History

The branch line to

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had opened on 31 May 1841, but no intermediate stations were provided east of the junction at Kemble until the introduction of Diesel railbuses on the line in February 1959, when the small station of was opened; less than a year later, on 4 January 1960, a second small station named ''Park Leaze Halt'' was opened. There was a single low platform, on the down side (north) of the line and on the Cirencester side of an overbridge; the platform was constructed from sleepers, and there was no shelter. The station was from

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. With the opening of this halt, the railcar service between Kemble and Cirencester increased from 13 to 14 in each direction on weekdays (three more ran on Saturdays). The halt served an area of farmland, the immediate population being approximately 20. The nearest village was

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, but the distance from Ewen to Kemble was not much more than to Park Leaze Halt, so the halt was only useful for Ewen residents if they were visiting Cirencester. The halt closed with the end of passenger services on the Cirencester Town branch on 6 April 1964, the last trains having run on the evening of 5 April.

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Site of Park Leaze Halt on navigable 1948 O.S. map
{{Transport in Gloucestershire Disused railway stations in Gloucestershire Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1960 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Cirencester Beeching closures in England