Stations and Halts Gallery

Broad Gauge Locomotive Aries seen outside Faringdon Engine Shed, c.1865

A view of the 2-4-0 broad gauge Leo Class locomotive Aries (built in 1841) outside the engine shed at Faringdon station in Oxfordshire, c.1865. The station opened in 1864 with services running to Uffington. Passengers services continued until December 1951, with goods traffic ending in 1964

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1860s, 1865, Aries, Broad Gauge, Engine Shed, Faringdon, Leo Class, Oxfordshire, Station

Winchcombe Station and Footbridge, Gloucestershire, c.1910

A view of Winchcombe Station in Gloucestershire, c.1910, showing the footbridge and platforms.
Winchcombe station opened in February 1905 and closed to passengers in March 1960. Goods operations ceased in November 1964, but the station reopened in 1987 as part of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (heritage)

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Swindon Town Station

Swindon Town Station was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway in Swindon's Old Town area. The impressive main offices of the railway company can be seen in the centre of this image. The station was in operation for only 85 years after facing increasing competition from the town's GWR station and as the focus of the town moved away from the Old Town area to Swindon's new town which had developed around the GWR station and railway works.
The station opened in 1881 and closed to passengers in 1961

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