Haresfield railway station

Haresfield railway station served the village of Haresfield in Gloucestershire, England.

Haresfield
Station in 1961 with BR Standard Class 9F 92151 working the Pines Express.
General information
LocationHaresfield, Stroud
England
Coordinates51.7883°N 2.2737°W / 51.7883; -2.2737
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
29 May 1854Station opened
4 January 1965Station closed

History
A 1909 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Haresfield (top right)

The station opened on 29 May 1854[1] on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway while converting from broad gauge to the standard gauge used by its new owner, the Midland Railway.

Haresfield served only the Midland Railway despite Great Western Railway's (GWR) Swindon to Gloucester services running on parallel tracks. Passengers at the Haresfield station were not able to board passing GWR trains, as the GWR never built a station there.

Haresfield never provided any freight facilities and it closed to passenger services on 4 January 1965[1] along with other stations on the Bristol to Gloucester line. Today, the four tracks (two Midland and two GWR) have been realigned and no trace of the station remains.[2]

Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
Line open, station closed		   Midland Railway
Bristol and Gloucester Railway		   Gloucester
Line and station open
    Gloucester Eastgate
Line and station closed

References
  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 114. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. Mike Oakley (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.


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