Rushey Platt railway station
Rushey Platt | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Swindon, Swindon England |
Platforms | 4 |
History | |
Original company | Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway |
Pre-grouping | Midland and South Western Junction Railway |
Key dates | |
1883 | opened |
1905 | closed |
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Rushey Platt railway station is a former station on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway at Rushey Platt, south west of the centre of Swindon in Wiltshire.
The line was extended in 1882, and the station opened on 18 December 1883 on the
Rushey Platt was at the junction where the 1883 S&CER line branched off from the SM&AR link line between Swindon Town railway station and the main Great Western Railway station at Swindon. It had platforms on both the through S&CER line and the link, but the service between the two Swindon stations ceased after March 1885 because of the high fees the GWR charged the M&SWJR to run over its tracks, and that part of the station closed only 15 months after it had opened.
Passenger services at the through platforms of the station lasted only a further 20 years and were withdrawn in 1905: the station closed on 1 October 1905,[2] the first station on the line to close to passengers.[1] However, the station remained open for goods traffic, mainly milk, until the M&SWJR line closed to goods in 1964, and a private siding lasted even longer.
The railway embankment is still visible and all that remains of the station is a very weathered upper platform. The rest of the station has disappeared through time and development, and some of the site has been replaced by part of an industrial warehouse in Swindon's Rushey Platt Industrial Park.
The route of the former railway can still be seen with bridges at Mill Lane and Redpost Road.
Route
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Moredon Halt | Midland and South Western Junction Railway Swindon & Cheltenham Extension Railway Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway |
Swindon Town |
References
- Wiltshire Railway Stations, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2004, ISBN 1-904349-33-1
- ^ a b "Railways Pages 280-293 A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 4. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1959". British History Online. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- OCLC 931112387.
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