Winchcombe | |
|---|---|
| Station on Heritage Railway | |
 View from Platform 1 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Greet, Tewkesbury England |
| Coordinates | 51°57′59″N 1°57′48″W / 51.96645°N 1.96345°W |
| Grid reference | SP027297 |
| Operated by | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1905 | Opened |
| 7 March 1960 | Closed to passengers |
| 2 November 1964 | Goods facilities withdrawn |
| 2 August 1987 | Reopened |
Winchcombe railway station is a heritage railway station which serves the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, England. The stations itself is actually located in the nearby village of Greet. It is located on the Honeybourne Line which linked Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon and which was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1906. The station closed to passengers in 1960, although the line itself remained open for freight and diversionary use until 1976, when a freight train derailed near Winchcombe and damaged the track.
By the late 1970s, the line had been dismantled. The stretch between Toddington and Cheltenham Racecourse, including Winchcombe, has since been reconstructed and reopened by the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. A new station has been erected in Greet, Winchcombe, on the site of the original building, the building being the former station at Monmouth Troy. Nearby is the 693-yard (634 m) Greet Tunnel, the second longest on any preserved line in Britain.