Kemble railway station

Kemble
Looking towards Swindon
Location
Place	Kemble
Local authority	Gloucestershire
Coordinates	51.676°N 2.023°W / 51.676; -2.023
Operations
Station code	KEM
Managed by	First Great Western
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	0.195 million
2004/05 *	0.223 million
2005/06 *	0.237 million
2006/07 *	0.261 million
2007/08 *	0.287 million
2008/09 *	0.309 million
2009/10 *	0.317 million
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
1882	Opened
1963	Tetbury branch closed
1965	Cirencester branch closed
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kemble from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Kemble railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Kemble in Gloucestershire. The station is on the Swindon to Gloucester "Golden Valley" line. Despite its rural location, Kemble station has a high number of passengers, due mainly to the proximity of Cirencester.

History

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1882. Until the 1960s the station was a junction, with branch lines to Cirencester Town and Tetbury. The former branch lines can still be seen, just before the tunnel after Kemble station (going towards Swindon). Both the Tetbury branch line and the Cirencester Branch Line were closed to traffic under The Reshaping of British Railways, the first day without service being 6 April 1964.

Diesel-hauled Up stopping train in 1962

Diesel and steam im 1962

British Rail reduced the line to single track in 1968. Network Rail has investigated the options for reinstating the second track, along with the estimated cost (see Golden Valley Line).

Description

The former Cirencester platform at Kemble, June 2009

The station has two platforms in use. The former Tetbury bound platform remains but the track has been lifted. The building on the down platform (no. 2) has been out of use for several years, containing toilets and a waiting room, which are still in situ. On the former Cirencester platform, a short stub of track remains for the occasional stabling of track machines. This ends at a buffer stop just before the station car park.

The station has a ticket office on platform 1, which open Mondays to Saturdays from 6:40am until lunchtime; for all other times the station is unstaffed. During the times the station is manned, the toilets are open.

There is also a small café selling newspapers, coffee and bacon rolls, this also being only open for the morning rush hour.

Services

First Great Western operates services from London Paddington to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa using HST trains and local services from Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa using the First Great Western Class 143, Class 150, Class 153 and Class 158 trains.

Kemble station is served on a Monday to Friday by:

• 18 Swindon bound trains, 8 of which continue to London Paddington via Reading
• 18 Gloucester bound trains, 17 of which continue to Cheltenham Spa.

Making an off peak service of one train every two hours to London, with trains to Swindon, Cheltenham and Gloucester every hour. The station is occasionally served by Cardiff Central / Swansea services diverted during engineering works.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stroud		First Great Western London Paddington - Cheltenham Spa		Swindon
		First Great Western Cheltenham Spa - Swindon
	Historical railways
Tetbury Road Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway		Minety Line open, station closed
Terminus				Oaksey Halt Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Park Leaze Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Cirencester Branch Line		Terminus
Jackament's Bridge Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Tetbury branch line		Terminus

External links

• History of the line
• Gloucestershire Transport