Kemble railway station
Kemble 
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Looking towards Swindon
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| Location | |
| Place | Kemble |
| Local authority | Gloucestershire |
| Coordinates | 51°40′34″N 2°01′23″W / 51.676°N 2.023°WCoordinates: 51°40′34″N 2°01′23″W / 51.676°N 2.023°W |
| Grid reference | ST985975 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KEM |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.357 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.356 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.341 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.356 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.368 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| 1882 | Opened |
| 1964 | Tetbury branch closed |
| 1964 | Cirencester branch closed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Kemble from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Kemble railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Kemble in Gloucestershire, England. 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.
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway (GWR) as an exchange station on 12 May 1845 with the line opening from Swindon to Gloucester. Only on 1 May 1882 did it become a public station replacing the nearby Tetbury Road. Until the 1960s the station was a junction, with branch lines to Cirencester Town and Tetbury. 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.
British Rail reduced the line to Swindon to single track in 1968 but the second track was reinstated in 2014 (see Golden Valley Line).
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. In 2013, Cotswold District Council refused an application by Network Rail to demolish part of the Grade II listed Cirencester bay platform in connection with the redoubling of the line from Swindon. According to the Council, the platform was still in a good state of repair and any public benefit from the demolition would not outweigh the damage that would be caused to the historical significance of the station. The station has a ticket office and a small café.
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