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'''To Gloucester''': [[St Mary's Rail Bridge]]<br> | |||
< | '''To Cirencester''':<br> | ||
'''To Tetbury''':<br> | |||
< | |||
'''To | |||
'''To Swindon''' [[Swindon]] | '''To Swindon''' [[Swindon]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Opened on 1st May [[1882]], although a small interchange station had opened nearby on 12th May [[1845]]. Closed to goods on 19th May [[1964]]. A coal depot at the [[1845]] station site closed on 1st August [[1967]]. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Kemble1.jpg|The view north from the end of platform 2. The water tower supplied [[Swindon Works]] via a 15inch pipe running alongside the railway. | |||
Image:Kemble2.jpg|And the view south from the same spot. | |||
Image:Kemble3.jpg|The main station building. | |||
Image:Kemble4.jpg|This was once the entrance for trains to [[Tetbury]]. | |||
Image:180102-3.jpg|[[180102]] comes to a rest at platform 2. | |||
Image:180102-4.jpg|And then sets off again. | |||
Image:Kemble5.jpg|The view north from the footbridge. | |||
Image:Kemble6.jpg|And the view south. The track on the left is the remains of the [[Cirencester]] branch. This curves around the main station building and ends at a buffer stop in the car park. | |||
Image:37047-3.jpg|The reason I was in Kemble in the first place... 4 X [[Class 37|37s]] on the same train.. bliss :) | |||
Image:37410-2.jpg|[[37410]] brings up the rear of the train. | |||
Image:Kemble7.jpg|The tour enters the 409 yard long [[Kemble Tunnel]]. The line is single track from this spot until just outside [[Swindon]]. | |||
Image:150244-3.jpg|Standing on platform 1 and [[150244]] pulls in with a service heading north. This photo gives a bit of a look at the footbridge. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:GWR]] | [[Category:GWR]] | ||
[[Category:Swindon:Stations]] | [[Category:Swindon:Stations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:45, 4 April 2026
To Gloucester: St Mary's Rail Bridge
To Cirencester:
To Tetbury:
To Swindon Swindon
History
Opened on 1st May 1882, although a small interchange station had opened nearby on 12th May 1845. Closed to goods on 19th May 1964. A coal depot at the 1845 station site closed on 1st August 1967.
Gallery
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The view north from the end of platform 2. The water tower supplied Swindon Works via a 15inch pipe running alongside the railway. -
And the view south from the same spot. -
The main station building. -
This was once the entrance for trains to Tetbury. -
180102 comes to a rest at platform 2. -
And then sets off again. -
The view north from the footbridge. -
And the view south. The track on the left is the remains of the Cirencester branch. This curves around the main station building and ends at a buffer stop in the car park. -
The reason I was in Kemble in the first place... 4 X 37s on the same train.. bliss :) -
37410 brings up the rear of the train. -
The tour enters the 409 yard long Kemble Tunnel. The line is single track from this spot until just outside Swindon. -
Standing on platform 1 and 150244 pulls in with a service heading north. This photo gives a bit of a look at the footbridge.
