Oakle_Street_railway_station Knowpia

Oakle Street
Oakle Street
	The site of the station, looking southwest towards Grange Court, in 2013
General information
Location	Oakle Street, Gloucestershire; Wales
Coordinates	51°51′14″N 2°21′12″W / 51.8539°N 2.3532°W
Grid reference	NO757173
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	South Wales Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	British Railways (Western Region)
Key dates
19 September 1851	Opened
31 March 1856	Closed
2 July 1870	Reopened
2 November 1964	Closed permanently

Oakle Street railway station served the village of Oakle Street, Gloucestershire, England from 1851 to 1964 on the Gloucester-Newport line.

History edit

The station opened on 19 September 1851 by the South Wales Railway. It closed on 31 March 1856 but reopened on 2 July 1870, before closing permanently on 2 November 1964.^[1]^[2]

References edit

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 307. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Oakle Street railway station (site),... (C) Nigel Thompson :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

External links edit

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Gloucester Line and station open		Gloucester-Newport line		Grange Court Line open, station closed

[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 307. OCLC 931112387.

[OakleStreetStationInfo-2] "Oakle Street railway station (site),... (C) Nigel Thompson :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

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