Stow-on-the-Wold
General information
LocationStow-on-the-Wold, Cotswold
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBourton-on-the-Water Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1881Station opened
15 October 1962Station closed

Stow-on-the-Wold railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway that opened in 1881. Situated about one and a half miles to the south the station served the Gloucestershire town of Stow-on-the-Wold and its surrounding villages. The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Stationmasters


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bourton-on-the-Water
Line and station closed 		  Great Western Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway 		  Kingham
Line closed, station open
    Sarsden Halt
Line and station closed

External links

References

  1. ^ "Stow-on-the-Wold". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. England. 15 December 1900. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Mr. James Dowler". Cheltenham Chronicle. England. 30 May 1936. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "New Stationmaster at Stow-on-the-Wold". Gloucestershire Echo. England. 2 November 1923. Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.

51°54′50″N 1°43′30″W / 51.9139°N 1.7251°W / 51.9139; -1.7251

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