Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
The Honeybourne Line
GWR 2-8-0 28xx Class No. 2807 and its train are seen at Toddington
LocaleGloucestershire,
Worcestershire England
TerminusCheltenham Race Course and
Broadway
Commercial operations
NameThe Honeybourne Line
Built byGreat Western Railway
Original gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated byGloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc
Stations6
Length14 miles (23 km)
Preserved gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened1906
Closed1976
Preservation history
1981Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc formed and track re-laying began
1984First public service along relaid section of track between Toddington Station and (the site of) Hayles Abbey Halt
1987GWR Extended to Winchcombe
1990GWR Extended to (the site of) Gretton halt
1997Extended to Gotherington
2003Extended to Cheltenham Race Course
2011GWR extends to (the site of) Laverton halt
2017Hayles Abbey Halt reopens
2018Extended to Broadway
HeadquartersToddington, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway
miles
[1]
32.8
Wilmcote National Rail
Stratford-upon-Avon
Parkway
National Rail
29.1
Stratford-upon-Avon National Rail
Evesham Road Crossing Halt
1904
1916
Stratford Racecourse Platform
Chambers Crossing Halt
1904
1916
26.1
Milcote
23.5
Long Marston
Broad Marston Halt
1904
1916
Pebworth Halt
21.1
Honeybourne National Rail
18.8
Weston-sub-Edge
Willersley Halt
16.1
Broadway
Laverton Halt
11.6
Toddington
Hayles Abbey Halt
9.0
Winchcombe
Greet Tunnel
693 yd
634 m
7.6
Gretton Halt
5.6
Gotherington
4.1
Bishops Cleeve
2.3
Cheltenham Racecourse Park and ride
Hunting Butts Tunnel
97 yd
89 m
Cheltenham High Street Halt
Cheltenham St James
Cheltenham Malvern Road
0.0
Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown) National Rail
Lansdown Junction

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway) is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds in England.

The GWSR has restored and reopened around 14 miles (23 km) of track, operating between Cheltenham Race Course and Broadway. The most recent extension to Broadway (completed in 2018) involved the company raising £1.38 million. The 28-mile return trip on steam and heritage diesel trains follows part of the route of the former Great Western main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham.[2] There is a long-term aim of extending a further 6 miles (9.7 km) from Broadway to the national rail network at Honeybourne.

  1. ^ Railway Magazine December 1957 p. 859
  2. ^ "Heritage Railway | Gloucestershire Railway | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway". Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.