Toddington railway station

Toddington
Station on heritage railway
Platform 1 in 2008.
General information
LocationToddington, Tewkesbury
England
Coordinates51°59′21″N 1°55′41″W / 51.98910°N 1.92813°W / 51.98910; -1.92813
Grid referenceSP050323
Operated byGloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Platforms2
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 December 1904Opened
7 March 1960Closed to passengers
2 January 1967Goods facilities withdrawn
22 April 1984Reopened

Toddington railway station serves the village of Toddington in Gloucestershire, England. Since 1984 it has been the main base of operations for the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

The station 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 was a centre of fruit and milk traffic, but receipts dwindled after a railwaymen's strike in 1955. The station closed to passengers in 1960, although the line itself remained open for freight and diversionary use until 1976; the track was lifted in 1979-80.