Badminton railway station
Encyclopedia
Badminton railway station is a closed railway station in Gloucestershire
, England
. As well as Badminton
it served the village of Acton Turville
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. As well as Badminton
Badminton, Gloucestershire
Badminton, Gloucestershire, is a village in England famous for its horse trials, which take place in early May each year in the grounds of the Duke of Beaufort's residence, Badminton House...
it served the village of Acton Turville
Acton Turville
Acton Turville is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is known as Achetone in the Domesday Book.-External links:...
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History
Opened by the Great Western Railway and nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948, The station was closed as part of the Beeching PlanBeeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
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The site today
The station buildings and sections of platforms still stand derelict with trains pass through the site on the South Wales Main LineSouth Wales Main Line
The South Wales Main Line , originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain...
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