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| | '''To Monkton Combe''': [[The Hollow]]<br> |
| <googlemap lat="51.678091" lon="-2.022772">
| | '''To Hallatrow''': [[Dunkerton Colliery Sidings]]<br> |
| 51.676281, -2.023201, Kemble
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| </googlemap>
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| </div>
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| '''To Gloucester''': [[Bagpath Lane]]<br> | |
| '''To Cirencester''':<br> | |
| '''To Tetbury''':<br>
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| '''To Swindon''' [[Swindon]]
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| == 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]].
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| == Gallery == | | == Gallery == |
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| 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.
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| Image:Kemble2.jpg|And the view south from the same spot.
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| Image:Kemble3.jpg|The main station building.
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| Image:Kemble4.jpg|This was once the entrance for trains to [[Tetbury]].
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| Image:180102-3.jpg|[[180102]] comes to a rest at platform 2.
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| Image:180102-4.jpg|And then sets off again.
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| Image:Kemble5.jpg|The view north from the footbridge.
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| 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.
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| Image:37047-3.jpg|The reason I was in Kemble in the first place... 4 X [[Class 37|37s]] on the same train.. bliss :)
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| Image:37410-2.jpg|[[37410]] brings up the rear of the train.
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| Image:Kemble7.jpg|The tour enters the 409 yard long [[Kemble Tunnel]]. The line is single track from this spot until just outside [[Swindon]].
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| 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.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
| [[Category:GWR]] | | [[Category:Camerton Branch]] |
| [[Category:Swindon:Stations]] | | [[Category:Bridges]] |
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To Monkton Combe: The Hollow
To Hallatrow: Dunkerton Colliery Sidings
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