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there. Passenger and goods traffic on the M&SWJR fell very steeply after the Second World War and the line closed to passengers in 1961. Goods facilities were withdrawn in 1966, although freight trains conveying materials for the construction of the M4 motorway continued until 1972 when the track
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Swindon Town was seen as the most important station on the line, and housed the M&SWJR's offices. There was a loop line, a locomotive turntable and a loco shed at the site. The loop line platform was used for the shuttle services to
Swindon's GWR station when these were reinstated following the
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Swindon Town station was heavily used in early years, but increasingly suffered from the concentration of traffic at the main GWR station as the focus of the town shifted away from the Old Town area to the newer parts that developed around the GWR station and the
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Swindon Town was originally planned under an Act of 1873 for a different site to the east of the eventual station, with a tunnel to be built under the hill on which the Old Town sits. But money ran out and the line was realigned to run south of the hill. The
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opened between
Swindon Town and Marlborough on 27 July 1881; in early 1882, the line was extended northwards from Swindon Town to a junction with the Great Western main line at
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The SM&AR and the S&CER combined to form the M&SWJR in 1884. Services between the two
Swindon stations ceased in 1885 because of the high charges the
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The M&SWJR office building remains on the site, but much of the rest has disappeared under a trading estate. Part of the track alignment,
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198:
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The
Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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354:
968:, and services were started between the two Swindon stations. Rushey Platt became a junction the following year with the opening of the
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943:, England. The station was open from 1881 to 1972, and was sited in the Old Town area about one-and-a-half miles from the
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1326:
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657:
525:
216:
184:
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1693:
1665:
1556:
1430:
1154:
Clinker's
Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977
442:
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1642:
1344:
1843:
1647:
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1491:
1455:
1068:
518:
1736:
1632:
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1521:
1417:
1364:
486:
286:
1828:
1731:
1637:
1589:
1571:
1402:
1349:
948:
885:
835:
606:
264:
1838:
1807:
1802:
1792:
1675:
664:
1751:
1624:
1473:
1392:
1354:
980:
944:
827:
230:
117:
1784:
8:
1579:
1379:
1657:
1268:
720:
1227:
1200:
1157:
1126:
1116:
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59:
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trains. Finally, the northern section of the M&SWJR was extended in 1891 from
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1156:. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 132.
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55:
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Former
Midland and South Western Junction Railway stations
999:, so that through-services could be run from the north to
1298:
1085:, has been opened as a railway path and nature trail.
1199:. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 130–133.
1020:was abandoned. The track was lifted around 1978.
1922:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961
1917:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1881
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260:
177:
1226:, Mike Oakley, Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 2004,
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1151:
1007:takeover of the M&SWJR by the GWR at the
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16:Former railway station in Wiltshire, England
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1484:Midland and South Western Junction Railway
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1057:Midland and South Western Junction Railway
933:Midland and South Western Junction Railway
199:
185:
108:Midland and South Western Junction Railway
35:
1061:Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
970:Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway
962:Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
98:Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
704:
696:
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1145:
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860:
1907:Disused railway stations in Wiltshire
1885:Disused Railway Stations in Wiltshire
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993:Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
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1932:Buildings and structures in Swindon
13:
1309:Bristol and North Somerset Railway
122:Western Region of British Railways
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355:Midland & Sth Western Jn Rly
333:
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294:
247:
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1937:1881 establishments in England
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1152:Clinker, C.R. (October 1978).
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41:The station in the early 1900s
1:
1873:Railway Stations in Wiltshire
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997:Andoversford railway station
929:Swindon Town railway station
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634:
385:
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7:
1547:Collingbourne Kingston Halt
1299:Closed railway stations in
991:to a junction with the GWR
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10:
1953:
1224:Wiltshire Railway Stations
1197:Wiltshire Railway Stations
954:
319:Stratton St Margaret Works
152:Goods facilities withdrawn
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1456:Chippenham and Calne line
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1178:"Swindon's Other Railway"
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1671:Minety and Ashton Keynes
1605:Wootton Bassett Junction
1115:: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
1083:Old Town Railway Cutting
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788:Wootton Bassett Junction
208:Railway lines in Swindon
1572:Great Western Main Line
886:Great Western Main Line
265:Great Western Main Line
1704:Broughton Gifford Halt
1595:Christian Malford Halt
1532:Marlborough High Level
1398:Bromham and Rowde Halt
1752:South Wales Main Line
1625:Highworth branch line
1527:Marlborough Low Level
1337:Salisbury branch line
1195:Oakley, Mike (2004).
1003:and the south coast.
974:Cirencester Watermoor
945:Great Western Railway
828:South Wales Main Line
566:Moredon Power Station
231:Highworth branch line
118:Great Western Railway
1927:Transport in Swindon
1834:Edington and Bratton
1785:West of England line
1610:Wootton Bassett Road
1585:Box (Mill Lane) Halt
1537:Savernake High Level
1418:Reading–Taunton line
144:Closed to passengers
1724:Bulford Camp branch
1542:Grafton and Burbage
1464:Stanley Bridge Halt
1446:Savernake Low Level
1441:Wootton Rivers Halt
1380:Devizes branch line
1251: /
475:Chiseldon Camp Halt
47:General information
1658:Golden Valley line
1615:Stratton Park Halt
1426:Patney and Chirton
1322:Monkton Combe Halt
1255:51.5495°N 1.7748°W
1043:Following station
1031:Preceding station
721:Golden Valley line
312:Stratton Park Halt
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1122:978-1-85260-508-7
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1037:Disused railways
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160:closed completely
141:11 September 1961
76:Other information
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1765:Little Somerford
1686:Wessex Main Line
1436:Manningford Halt
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1111:(1st ed.).
1105:(October 1995).
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149:1 November 1966
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1714:Staverton Halt
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1517:Chiseldon Camp
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1798:Idmiston Halt
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1709:Holt Junction
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1557:Ludgershall
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1258: /
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1001:Southampton
989:Cirencester
983:imposed on
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443:Hayes Knoll
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1901:Categories
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1770:Brinkworth
1643:Hannington
1345:Heytesbury
1243:51°32′58″N
1089:References
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972:as far as
363:Cheltenham
1844:Lavington
1648:Highworth
1512:Chiseldon
1492:Cricklade
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1069:Chiseldon
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941:Wiltshire
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128:Key dates
68:Platforms
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1633:Stratton
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1562:Tidworth
1522:Ogbourne
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1360:Langford
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287:Stratton
52:Location
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1732:Bulford
1638:Stanton
1590:Corsham
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