Gloucester railway station

Gloucester
National Rail
Gloucester railway station in October 2019
General information
LocationGloucester, City of Gloucester
England
Coordinates51°51′54″N 2°14′20″W / 51.865°N 2.239°W / 51.865; -2.239
Grid referenceSO836185
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeGCR
ClassificationDfT category C1
Key dates
4 November 1840Birmingham line opened
8 July 1844C&GWUR opened
19 September 1851G&DFR opened
1 December 1975Former MR Eastgate station closed
Passengers
2018/19Increase 1.521 million
2019/20Increase 1.547 million
2020/21Decrease 0.395 million
 Interchange  9,535
2021/22Increase 1.214 million
 Interchange Increase 34,343
2022/23Increase 1.453 million
 Interchange Increase 63,110
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gloucester, formerly known as Gloucester Central, is a railway station serving the city of Gloucester in England. It is located 114 mileschains (183.5 km) west of London Paddington, via Stroud.[1]

The station was built originally as the terminus of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840; the arrival of the broad gauge Bristol and Gloucester Railway and Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in 1844, and then conversion to a through station for the South Wales Railway in 1851, resulted in a very complex layout. Subsequent closures and rationalisation have left Gloucester with a station that is located off the main Bristol-Birmingham line; thus means that Great Western Railway services must reverse, while CrossCountry and Transport for Wales services continue to Newport.

  1. ^ Padgett, David (June 2018) [1989]. Munsey, Myles (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western & Wales (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 19A. ISBN 978-1-9996271-0-2.