Chipping Campden railway station

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Chipping Campden, or for most of its existence simply Campden, is a closed railway station on the Cotswold Line, which served the town of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, England.

Chipping Campden
Station site in 2006.
General information
LocationChipping Campden, Cotswold
England
Coordinates52°03′18″N 1°45′19″W / 52.0550°N 1.7552°W / 52.0550; -1.7552
Grid referenceSP168397
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
4 June 1853Opened as Mickleton
?Renamed Campden
February 1952Renamed Chipping Campden
3 January 1966 (1966-01-03)Closed

The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was opened in stages. The section between Evesham and Wolvercot Junction, to the north of Oxford, was opened on 4 June 1853;[1] the station at Campden was opened at the same time, and was originally named Mickleton.[2] It was later renamed Campden,[3] and in February 1952 became Chipping Campden.[4] It closed on 3 January 1966.[5]

Reopening proposals edit

There are proposals for a new station at Chipping Campden.[6]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Mickleton Halt
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
  Blockley
Line open, station closed

Notes edit

  1. ^ MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 498, 867.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 158
  3. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 158, 52
  4. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 52, 60
  5. ^ Butt 1995, p. 60
  6. ^ "8.6 Chipping Campden". Local Plan Reg. 18 Consultation: Development Strategy and Site Allocations January 2015. Cotswold Council. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

References edit