Cheltenham Spa railway station
Cheltenham Spa 
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Cheltenham Spa station
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| Location | |
| Place | Cheltenham |
| Local authority | Cheltenham |
| Coordinates | 51°53′49″N 2°06′00″W / 51.897°N 2.100°WCoordinates: 51°53′49″N 2°06′00″W / 51.897°N 2.100°W |
| Grid reference | SO931220 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CNM |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.813 million |
| – Interchange |
0.212 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.892 million |
| – Interchange |
0.218 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.925 million |
| – Interchange |
 0.180 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.038 million |
| – Interchange |
0.178 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.179 million |
| – Interchange |
0.177 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Birmingham and Gloucester Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
| 24 June 1840 | Opened as Cheltenham |
| 1 February 1925 | Renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) |
| ? | Renamed Cheltenham Spa |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cheltenham Spa from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Situated on the Bristol-Birmingham main line, it is managed by Great Western Railway (despite most services being operated by CrossCountry, which does not manage any stations) and is about one mile from the town centre. The official name of the town is simply Cheltenham, but, when the station was renamed in 1925, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway chose to add Spa to the station name.
The first railway to Cheltenham was the broad-gauge Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (C&GWUR), authorised by Act of Parliament in 1836, and opened between Cheltenham and Gloucester in 1840. In the same year, the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (B&GR) opened its line between Cheltenham and Bromsgrove, whence trains ran on mixed-gauge tracks to Gloucester. Both railways had their own stations, but the B&GR station, which was then on the edge of the town and was named Lansdown after a housing development in that area, is the only one remaining. Opened by the B&GR on 24 June 1840 as Lansdown, it was renamed Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) on 1 February 1925 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and renamed again as Cheltenham Spa by British Railways at some point after 1 January 1948.
The C&GWUR was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1844, and the B&GR by the Midland Railway in 1846. Within the town, there were three other passenger railway stations: Malvern Road, St James's and Cheltenham South and Leckhampton; there was also High Street Halt and the Racecourse Platform, open only on race days.
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