Stroud railway station

Stroud
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Location
Place	Stroud
Local authority	Stroud
Coordinates
Grid reference	SO849051
Operations
Station code	STD
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.222 million
2004/05	0.268 million
2005/06	0.281 million
2006/07	0.317 million
2007/08	0.355 million
2008/09	0.400 million
2009/10	0.414 million
2010/11	0.448 million
2011/12	0.464 million
2012/13	0.485 million
2013/14	0.465 million
History
Original company	Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
1845	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stroud from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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File:Stroud with Chalford - Gloucester auto-train geograph-2591444-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

Chalford - Gloucester auto-train in 1962

Stroud railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. Stroud railway station (on the Gloucester–Swindon Golden Valley Line) was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

History

It was opened on 12 May 1845 with the opening of the Kemble to Gloucester section of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway. For a period between 1886 and 1947 when Stroud had two passenger railway stations, it was known as Stroud Great Western, Stroud Russell Street or Stroud Central. Stroud's second station, Stroud Wallbridge, was the terminus of a short branch line from the Midland Railway's Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, and freight services were always more important there than passengers.

Description

Stroud station has two platforms and is served by Great Western Railway. The station has a ticket office, located on the Swindon bound platform, which is open for most of the day, seven days a week

Services

Great Western Railway operate services from London Paddington to Gloucester and Cheltenham using InterCity 125 trains, and local services from Swindon to Gloucester and Cheltenham using the former Wessex Trains Class 150 two carriage sets.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kemble		Great Western Railway London/Swindon - Cheltenham		Stonehouse
		Great Western Railway Cheltenham-Westbury
	Historical railways
Bowbridge Crossing Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway		Downfield Crossing Halt Line open, station closed

External links

• A history of the Swindon-to-Gloucester line