Oldland Common railway station
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Oldland Common is a railway station on the Avon Valley Railway
. The station is near to the site of a previous station which was on the-then LMS Bath branch from Mangotsfield
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through this site in 1869. The station was intended to serve the growing suburban development in the area. It had platforms built of railway sleepers, and a small ticket office on the footpath that led down from the top of the cutting in which it was sited. In its last years before closure with the line on 7 March 1966 it was designated as an unstaffed halt.
However, at the main terminus station in Bitton (near Cherry Gardens), there is a small Cafe, a gift shop, and toilets. Also, it features a grass area where you can sit in the Summer. You can also cycle to the station as it lies on the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path.
Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway is a three-mile-long heritage railway based at Bitton station in South Gloucestershire, England, not far from Bristol and is run by a local group: The Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd. The railway follows the Avon Valley south-east from Oldland Common, through Bitton and...
. The station is near to the site of a previous station which was on the-then LMS Bath branch from Mangotsfield
Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line
The Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line opened in 1869 to connect Bath to the Midland Railway network at Mangotsfield, on the former Bristol and Gloucester Railway....
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Earlier station
Oldland Common's first station opened on 2 December 1935 on the LMS branch line that had been originally opened by the Midland RailwayMidland Railway
The Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway....
through this site in 1869. The station was intended to serve the growing suburban development in the area. It had platforms built of railway sleepers, and a small ticket office on the footpath that led down from the top of the cutting in which it was sited. In its last years before closure with the line on 7 March 1966 it was designated as an unstaffed halt.
Present station
Passengers are invited to leave the train to watch the engine run round its train.However, at the main terminus station in Bitton (near Cherry Gardens), there is a small Cafe, a gift shop, and toilets. Also, it features a grass area where you can sit in the Summer. You can also cycle to the station as it lies on the Bristol and Bath Cycle Path.
Services
External links
- Avon Valley Railway Website
- Gloucestershire Railway Stations, by Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, 2003