Lechlade railway station
| Lechlade | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Lechlade |
| Area | Cotswold |
| Coordinates | 51°42′11″N 1°41′06″W / 51.70300°N 1.68513°WCoordinates: 51°42′11″N 1°41′06″W / 51.70300°N 1.68513°W |
| Grid reference | SP218006 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | East Gloucestershire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 15 January 1873 | Station opens |
| 18 June 1962 | Station closes |
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| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Lechlade railway station served the small town of Lechlade in Gloucestershire. The station was on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway, between Oxford and Fairford, it was built where the line crossed the road to Burford, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Lechlade.
The station was opened on 15 January 1873 by the East Gloucestershire Railway. It was a simple, single-platform station, built of honey-coloured local Cotswold stone which reflected the architecture of the nearby villages. It had a goods shed served by a single siding. By the late 1920s, a signalbox and a loading dock had been added. The signalbox was a standard Great Western model with 17 levers and the only one on the line to have track-circuiting installed. The goods yard contained a loop to allow trains to run-around but this was not signalled for use by passing trains. In 1933, a ground frame locked by an electric interlocking lever from the signal box was installed at the eastern entrance to the loop and a new inner home signal was erected. It was not until the Second World War, when the line was busy with traffic for RAF Fairford, that the Great Western Railway signalled and lengthened the loop to allow two goods trains or one passenger train and one goods service to cross. A second goods siding was also added by October 1944, by which time the ground frame had been removed.
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