railroad.wikisort.org - StationCharfield railway station served the village of Charfield in South Gloucestershire, England. The station was on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, originally a broad gauge line overseen by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but later taken over by the Midland Railway and converted to standard gauge.
Former railway station in England
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Location | Charfield, South Gloucestershire England |
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Coordinates | 51.628051°N 2.399764°W / 51.628051; -2.399764 |
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Grid reference | ST723922 |
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Platforms | 2 |
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Status | Disused |
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Original company | Bristol and Gloucester Railway |
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Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
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1844 | Opened |
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1965 | Closed |
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Official name | FORMER BOOKING HALL AND WAITING ROOM AT CHARFIELD STATION, STATION ROAD |
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Designated | 5 June 1984 (1984-06-05) |
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Reference no. | 1114969[1] |
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Official name | FORMER STATIONMASTER'S HOUSE AT CHARFIELD STATION, STATION ROAD |
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Designated | 5 June 1984 (1984-06-05) |
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Reference no. | 1321194[2] |
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Bristol and Gloucester Railway |
Legend |
Gloucester–Newport line | (SWR) to Newport | |
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Gloucester |
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Birmingham & Gloucester Rly | (MR) to Birmingham | |
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M5 |
Haresfield |
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Stonehouse & Nailsworth Rly | (MR) to Nailsworth/Stroud | |
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Frocester |
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Cam & Dursley |
Coaley Junction |
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Dursley & Midland Junction Rly | (MR) to Dursley | |
M5 |
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Berkeley Road |
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M5 |
Charfield |
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Wickwar |
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Wickwar tunnel |
Thornbury branch line | (MR) to Thornbury | |
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Yate |
Westerleigh Junction |
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South Wales Main Line | (GWR) to London Paddington | |
Coalpit Heath Sidings |
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Ram Hill Colliery |
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Westerleigh Goods Depot |
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M4 |
Bristol Parkway |
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Mangotsfield & Bath branch line | (MR) to Bath | |
South Wales Main Line | (GWR) to Swansea | |
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Mangotsfield |
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Staple Hill |
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Staple Hill Tunnel |
Filton Abbey Wood |
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Fishponds |
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Avonside Locomotive Works |
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Kingswood Junction |
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Atlas Locomotive Works | and collieries | |
M32 |
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Stapleton Road |
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Lawrence Hill |
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Waste Depot |
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Goods Depots |
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Bristol St Philip's |
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River Avon (from Bath) |
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Great Western Main Line | to London Paddington | |
Bristol Temple Meads |
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Bridge over Victoria Street |
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tunnel under | St Mary Redcliffe churchyard | |
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Bristol Harbour Railway |
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St Philip's Marsh depot |
River Avon (to the sea) |
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Bristol & North Somerset Rly | (GWR) | |
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Bristol and Exeter Railway | (GWR) to Taunton and Exeter | |
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History
Charfield station opened with the Bristol and Gloucester line in 1844 and had substantial Brunel-designed buildings on both platforms. There were sidings to the north and south, and those to the north were converted to loops to allow slow trains to be overtaken by faster trains.
In 1928, the Charfield railway disaster occurred when a southbound night-time mail train overran signals into a goods train manoeuvring into these sidings, and in the collision the mail train was diverted into the path of a northbound freight train. Gas from the mail train ignited and 15 people died in the blaze. According to some accounts, among them were two children whose identity was never established.[3]
Passenger services were withdrawn from Charfield in January 1965 with the removal of stopping services on the Bristol to Gloucester line. Goods services were withdrawn in September of the same year. The main station building and the station master's house remain, in residential use.[4]
Proposed reopening
Services between Bristol and Birmingham pass through Charfield. There have been discussions about the viability of reopening the station. The costs would be shared between Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire councils since, although the station would be in South Gloucestershire, the nearby town of Wotton-under-Edge would be a principal beneficiary.
In February 2019, the West of England Combined Authority announced a £500,000 feasibility study into plans for two new bypasses and work to see whether Charfield is viable for reopening to passengers.[5] In June 2019, a further £900,000 was allocated for the production of a full business case for the reopening of the station.[6]
The January 2020 version of the Joint Local Transport Plan 4 (JLTP4, led by the West of England Combined Authority[7]) proposed to deliver by 2023–2024 a "New station at Charfield funded through the WECA Investment Fund, to support housing growth".[8]
In June 2020, Councillor Toby Savage, leader of South Gloucestershire Council, mentioned the possibility of re-opening Charfield station during an announcement of plans for enhanced services between Bristol and Gloucester.[9]
A plan agreed by the West of England Combined Authority on 8 December 2020 set out projects that could potentially be delivered between 2020 and 2030, including the reopening of Charfield station [10]
A 12-week public consultation on the re-opening proposals was held between 19 October 2021 and 10 January 2022, with the new station proposed to open at the end of 2024 [11]
Services
Preceding station |
Historical railways |
Following station
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Wickwar Line open, station closed |
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Bristol and Gloucester Railway Midland Railway |
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Berkeley Road Line open, station closed |
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Disused railways |
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Terminus |
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Sharpness Branch Line Midland Railway |
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Berkeley Line and station closed |
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Proposed services |
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Yate |
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Great Western Railway MetroWest |
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Cam and Dursley |
References
Closed railway stations in eastern Gloucestershire |
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Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway | |
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Cirencester branch line | |
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Tetbury branch line | |
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Midland and South Western Junction Railway | |
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East Gloucestershire Railway | |
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Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway | |
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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway | |
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Honeybourne Line | |
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Bristol and South Wales Union Railway | |
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Bristol and Gloucester Railway | |
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Mangotsfield and Bath branch line | |
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Thornbury branch line | |
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Sharpness branch line | |
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Dursley and Midland Junction Railway | |
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Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway | |
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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway | |
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Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway | |
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Transport in Gloucestershire |
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Road | Motorways | |
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A-roads |
- A38
- A40
- A46
- A48
- A403
- A417
- A419
- A429
- A431
- A432
- A433
- A466
- A4032
- A4103
- A4135
- A4136
- A4174
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Service stations |
- Gloucester services
- Michaelwood services
- Severn View services
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Other |
- B4008
- E30
- Icknield Street
- List of settlements on the A38
- Westgate Street
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Airports and Heliports | |
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Rail | Main lines |
- Cotswold Line
- Cross Country Route
- Gloucester-Newport line
- Golden Valley line
- Henbury Loop line
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Closed lines |
- Avon and Gloucestershire Railway
- Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
- Bicslade Tramroad (Tram)
- Bristol and Gloucester Railway
- Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway
- Bullo Pill Railway
- Cheltenham and District Light Railway
- Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
- Cirencester branch line
- Coleford Railway
- Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
- Dursley and Midland Junction Railway
- Evesham loop line
- Forest of Dean Central Railway
- Forest of Dean Railway
- Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (Tram)
- Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
- Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
- Midland and South Western Junction Railway
- Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway
- Monmouth Railway
- Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
- Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
- Severn and Wye Railway
- Severn Bridge Railway
- Sharpness Branch Line
- South Wales Railway
- Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway
- Stratford and Moreton Tramway (Tram)
- Tetbury branch line
- Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
- Wye Valley Railway
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Stations | |
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Closed stations | |
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Heritage stations | |
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Heritage railways |
- Avon Valley Railway
- Dean Forest Railway
- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
- Lea Bailey Light Railway
- Perrygrove Railway
- Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
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Proposed | |
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Buses | Stations | |
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Companies |
- First West of England
- Stagecoach West
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Waterways | Rivers | |
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Canals | |
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Docks and Ports |
- Gloucester Docks
- Sharpness
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Footpaths | National Trails | |
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Long-distance footpaths |
- Celtic Way
- Geopark Way
- Gloucestershire Way
- Heart of England Way
- Limestone Link
- Macmillan Way
- Monarch's Way
- Oxfordshire Way
- Sabrina Way
- Severn Way
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Other |
- Frome Valley Walkway
- Wysis Way
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Cycle paths | |
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
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Railways |
- Great Western
- Bristol and Exeter
- Bristol and Gloucester
- Bristol and South Wales Union
- Cheltenham and Great Western Union
- Cornwall
- Dartmouth and Torbay
- East Somerset
- Great Western and Brentford
- Llynvi Valley
- Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton
- South Devon
- South Devon and Tavistock
- South Wales
- South Wales Mineral
- Taff Vale
- Vale of Neath
- West Cornwall
- West Somerset
- Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth
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Railway stations | |
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Bridges and viaducts |
- Angarrack viaduct
- Avon Bridge
- Bishop's Bridge
- Chepstow Bridge
- Chippenham viaduct
- Clifton Suspension Bridge
- Cornwall Railway viaducts
- Cumberland Basin swing bridges
- "Devil's Bridge", Uphill
- Gatehampton Railway Bridge
- Hungerford Bridge
- Landore Viaduct
- Loughor Viaduct
- Maidenhead Bridge
- Moulsford Railway Bridge
- Royal Albert Bridge
- Somerset Bridge
- Three Bridges, London
- Usk Bridge
- Wharncliffe Viaduct
- Windsor Bridge
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Tunnels and earthworks |
- Box Tunnel
- Cockett Tunnel
- Great Western Main Line
- Llansamlet arches
- Sapperton Tunnel
- Sonning Cutting
- South Devon Banks
- South Devon Railway sea wall
- Thames Tunnel
- Wellington Bank, Somerset
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Ships, harbours and waterways |
- Great Western Steamship Company
- SS Great Western
- SS Great Britain
- SS Great Eastern
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern (1857 photograph)
- SS Archimedes borrowed by Brunel, used for propeller tests
- Brentford Dock
- Bristol Harbour
- Cumberland Basin
- Underfall Yard
- Millbay Docks
- Monkwearmouth docks
- Westport Canal
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Other engineering and building |
- Atmospheric railway
- Balloon flange girder
- Baulk road
- Brook House, Steventon
- Crew's Hole tar works
- Crystal Palace water towers
- Great Exhibition (Brunel on committee)
- Broad gauge
- Malmaison Hotel, Reading
- Renkioi Hospital
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Institution of Civil Engineers (VP from 1850)
- Abraham-Louis Breguet (trained Brunel)
- Robert Pearson Brereton (Chief assistant)
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Personal |
- Marc Isambard Brunel (father)
- Sophia Kingdom (mother)
- Lindsey House (childhood home)
- University of Caen Normandy
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Henry Marc Brunel (second son)
- Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream (picture commissioned by Brunel)
- Brunel Manor (commissioned by Brunel for his retirement)
- Sarah Guppy, whose portrait was painted by Brunel
- Kensal Green Cemetery
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Legacy and commemoration |
- Statues of Brunel
- Brunel Museum
- Being Brunel
- Blue plaque, 98 Cheyne Walk
- List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks (SS Great Britain #97)
- Brunel University London
- NR Brunel (Network Rail typeface)
- Brunel Award
- 100 Greatest Britons (Brunel #2)
- Two Brunel £2 coins in 2006
- 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony featured Brunel
- Brunel (opera project)
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• Other works of Brunel |
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