Tunnel near the site of Swindon Town station looking north on the old Midland & South Western Junction Railway. (07-03-2010)
Rushey Platt High Level Station, Swindon looking South, on the old Cheltenham - Southampton, Midland & South Western Junction Railway, was very unusual. Originally a terminus ending in a field, in February 1882, and by 1885 boasting two stations (High & Low Level) with four platforms, it served virtually no locale, being situated on an isolated edge of Swindon, just west of the massive GWR works. Suprise suprise passenger traffic never grew, and was withdrawn in 1905, although freight continued until 1964 from the near by Timber yard. Amazingly just this one platform survives today.
Rushey Platt High Level Station, Swindon looking north, on the old Cheltenham - Southampton, Midland & South Western Junction Railway, was very unusual. Originally a terminus ending in a field, in February 1882, and by 1885 boasting two stations (High & Low Level) with four platforms, it served virtually no locale, being situated on an isolated edge of Swindon, just west of the massive GWR works. Suprise suprise passenger traffic never grew, and was withdrawn in 1905, although freight continued until 1964 from the near by Timber yard. Amazingly just this one platform survives today. (07-03-2010)
Lechlade Station, located to the north of the village and built on the south side of the line, it had the usual EGR stone built building and a signal box on a stone faced platform, with a goods loop, sidings, goods shed, and a cattle dock. During WW2 Lechlade gained an extended passing loop and a new goods siding. Immediately after leaving the platform the line passed under a standard EGR bridge (as seen in the photo) and headed towards Fairford - the lines terminus. The station opened on 15th January 1873 and closed on 18th June 1962. This bridge is all that remains today. (02-03-2012)