Winchcombe

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Other FARSAP videos on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway

Toddington     Runaway Train

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Video Credits

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Key Chronology

1904-1906	Honeybourne Line opened by Great Western Railway as far as Toddington.
1905	Line extended and Winchcombe station opened.
1906	Remaining section through to Cheltenham opened.
1960	Passenger services withdrawn, Winchcombe station closed.
1977	Line closed.
1984	Gloucester Warwickshire Railway commenced operations at Toddington.
1987	Line reopened betwwen Toddington and Winchcombe. Hall Green signal box reconstructed at Winchcombe with lever frame from Honeybourne West Loop.
2003	Line reopened between Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse.
2018	Line reopened between Broadway and Toddington.

 

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Can you help?

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