Grafton and Burbage railway station
Grafton and Burbage | |
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Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway | |
Pre-grouping | Midland and South Western Junction Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 May 1882 | Opened |
11 September 1961 | Closed |
Grafton and Burbage railway station served the villages of
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In 1883, a northwards extension, the Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway, opened from Swindon Town to
In 1898, a new section of line, called the Marlborough and Grafton Railway, was opened between the M&SWJR station in Marlborough and Grafton & Burbage station, with an intervening stop at a high level station at Savernake. This removed the need for M&SWJR trains to run on the GWR lines, though junctions to the GWR line heading both east and west were retained north of Grafton station.
Grafton and Burbage station was sited at West Grafton on a double-track section of the line. It had a small main building on the down platform (towards Andover), with a large signalbox that controlled what had become a complex junction. The up platform had a wooden shelter. There was a small goods yard to the north of the station. Station signs on the platforms referred to it as "Grafton" station; in timetables and on other printed material, however, it always appeared as "Grafton and Burbage".
As a whole, traffic on the M&SWJR fell steeply after the
Routes
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Bedwyn Line closed, station open |
Great Western Railway Berks and Hants Extension Railway |
Collingbourne Kingston Halt Line and station closed | ||
Savernake High Level Line and station closed |
Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
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Savernake Low Level Line and station closed |
Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
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References
- OCLC 931112387.
- Wiltshire Railway Stations, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2004, ISBN 1-904349-33-1