Broadway railway station
Encyclopedia
Broadway railway station was a railway station that served the town of Broadway
in Worcestershire
, England
. It was opened by the Great Western Railway
in 1904 and closed to passengers in 1968.
Today only the platform edgings remain with the track long gone.
(There was another Broadway opened by the GWR, in Dorset
, but renamed Broadwey for a while, then Upwey)
(GWSR) is currently planning to re-open the section towards the site of Broadway station around 2015, and is currently rebuilding the station itself.
However the old original station site has been demolished so the GWSR are building a new one as it is reopening the line between Broadway and where it would connect with Network Rail
's Cotswold Line
.
The section between the station site itself and Toddington has re-opened as far as the site of Laverton halt, however the station is still being reconstructed so it is expected to re-open around 2015. And could remain the terminus of the GWSR till further notice (maybe till work on a possible expansion to Honeybourne could begin around 2018).
Broadway, Worcestershire
Broadway is a village and civil parish in the Worcestershire part of the Cotswolds in England.Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds", Broadway village lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment...
in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, 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...
. It was opened by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
in 1904 and closed to passengers in 1968.
Today only the platform edgings remain with the track long gone.
(There was another Broadway opened by the GWR, in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, but renamed Broadwey for a while, then Upwey)
Future
The Glos-Warks Steam RailwayGloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway is a volunteer-run heritage railway on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire/Warwickshire Borders that has reopened the closed railway line between Laverton Halt and Cheltenham Racecourse railway stations in Gloucestershire/Worcestershire., it currently...
(GWSR) is currently planning to re-open the section towards the site of Broadway station around 2015, and is currently rebuilding the station itself.
However the old original station site has been demolished so the GWSR are building a new one as it is reopening the line between Broadway and where it would connect with Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
's Cotswold Line
Cotswold Line
The Cotswold Line is an railway line between and in England.-Route:The line comprises all or part of the following Network Rail routes:*GW 200 from Oxford*GW 310 from Wolvercot Junction*GW 300 from Norton Junction*GW 340 from Worcester Shrub Hill...
.
The section between the station site itself and Toddington has re-opened as far as the site of Laverton halt, however the station is still being reconstructed so it is expected to re-open around 2015. And could remain the terminus of the GWSR till further notice (maybe till work on a possible expansion to Honeybourne could begin around 2018).