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A history of the Swindon-to-Gloucester line
* {{Brunel Stroud Railway stations in Gloucestershire DfT Category D stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845 Railway stations served by Great Western Railway
Stroud railway station is a railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
that serves the town of Stroud in 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 ...
, England. Stroud railway station (on the Gloucester–Swindon Golden Valley Line) was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "on ...
.
History
The station was opened on 12 May 1845 with the opening of the Kemble toGloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...
section of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway. For a period between 1886 and 1947, when Stroud had two passenger railway stations, it was known as Stroud Great Western, Stroud Russell Street or Stroud Central. Stroud's second station, Stroud Wallbridge, was the terminus of a short branch line from the Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...
's Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, and freight services were always more important there than passengers.
In 1905, the Great Western Railway inaugurated a motor bus service between Stroud and Painswick
Painswick is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. The village is mainly ...
, similar to systems in operation at other places such as Penzance and Slough. The services were operated by Mills Daimler vehicles with 22hp petrol engines, capable of carrying 22 passengers. The journey time was around 30 minutes.
Stationmasters
*Mr. Taylor, ca. 1854 *William John Hamilton Notter, 1858–1862 *John Parkinson, 1862–1866 (formerly station master at Cirencester, afterwards station master at Cirencester) *Thomas Smith, 1866–1869 (formerly station master at Cirencester, afterwards goods agent at Hereford) *John Robert Ward, 1869–1876 *Lawrence Henry Nolan, 1876–1897 *Richard Roberts, 1897–1909 (formerly station master at Ledbury) *George Libby, 1909–1915 (formerly station master at Warwick) *W.P. Roberts, 1915–1916 (formerly station master at Ross on Wye, afterwards station master at Gloucester) *T. Cobourne, 1916–1919 (afterwards station master at Cheltenham) *W.H. Reed, 1919–1925 *A.M. Taylor, 1925–1926 (formerly station master at Melksham) *Mr. Mason, ca. 1926 *C.W. Wilson, ca. 1930–1936 *George Edwin Howell, 1936–1942 (formerly station master at Abergavenny) *W.J. Hough, 1943–ca. 1950 (formerly station master at Kington)Description
Stroud station has two platforms and is served by Great Western Railway. The station has a ticket office, located on the Swindon-bound platform, whose opening times are in theory 7am to mid-afternoon Monday - Saturday, though in reality somewhat erratic due to staff shortages (November 2021), and it is not currently open on Sundays. There is a ticket machine on the same platform as the ticket office.Services
Great Western Railway operates services fromLondon Paddington
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great ...
to Gloucester and Cheltenham using Class 800 trains, and limited local services from Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham using the former Class 165 two-carriage sets. Trains call hourly each way Monday to Saturday, with some additional weekday business peak services. On Sundays, there is a basic hourly service each way also, but with some two-hour gaps.
References
External links
A history of the Swindon-to-Gloucester line
* {{Brunel Stroud Railway stations in Gloucestershire DfT Category D stations Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845 Railway stations served by Great Western Railway