History
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The station was situated on the main Birmingham to Bristol railway line, to the south of the bridge where the line passes beneath Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham, which is a continuation of, but quite remote from that known as the High Street.
It was opened on 1 September 1862 as Cheltenham Tewkesbury Road Bridge, and a month later, on 1 October, was renamed Cheltenham High Street.[1]
The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (MSWJ) had reached Cirencester in 1883.[2] On 1 August 1891 the MSWJ opened an extension from Cirencester to Andoversford,[3] which connected with the existing Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway; the MSWJ obtained permission to use that line to reach Cheltenham.[2] The MSWJ passenger trains ran to Cheltenham (Lansdown), whereas the goods trains continued a little further north, to Cheltenham High Street.[4] The MSWJ built a locomotive depot adjacent to High Street station.[5]
The station closed to passengers on 1 July 1910.[1] The line remains open for passenger services between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham Spa, but these do not call at Cheltenham High Street.
Stationmasters
- William Raggett 1862[6] - 1875[7]
- E. Bradley 1875 - 1877[7] (afterwards station master at Stretton)
- William Raggett 1875[7] - 1890[8]
- Thomas Lee 1891 - 1893[8]
- William Willson 1893[8] - 1902[9]
- T.A. Aune 1902 - 1903[9]
- T.R. West 1903 - 1905[9]
- H.G. Cooper 1905 - 1906[9]
- G.H. Goscombe 1906[9] - 1909 (afterwards station master at Haresfield)
From 1909 until closure the station was managed by the station master at Lansdown Road)