Kemble railway station

stopping train in 1962]] 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 . The distance between the platforms and the large clearance between the remaining running lines is a legacy from when Kemble first opened because it originally accommodated Brunel's broad gauge tracks. These were changed to standard gauge tracks in 1892. Until the 1960s, the station was a junction, with services to the nearby market towns of (to the north-east) and (south-west). Both the Tetbury branch line and the Cirencester Branch Line were closed…

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; it contains 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…