Cheltenham High Street railway station
# Cheltenham High Street railway station

Cheltenham High Street railway station was built by the Midland Railway to serve the north-western part of Cheltenham.

## History

vte Railways around Cheltenham :

Legend :

| to Birmingham | Gloucs-Warks Railway | Gloucs-Warks Railway |
| - | - | - |
| | Racecourse | Racecourse |
| High Street | High Street Halt | High Street Halt |
| | St James | St James |
| Lansdown | Malvern Road | Malvern Road |
| to Gloucester | Leckhampton | Leckhampton |
| | Banbury & CheltenhamDirect Railway | Banbury & CheltenhamDirect Railway |

The station was situated on the main Birmingham to Bristol railway line, to the south of the bridge where the line passes beneath Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham, which is a continuation of, but quite remote from that known as the High Street.

It was opened on 1 September 1862 as Cheltenham Tewkesbury Road Bridge, and a month later, on 1 October, was renamed Cheltenham High Street.

The Midland and South Western Junction Railway (MSWJ) had reached Cirencester in 1883. On 1 August 1891 the MSWJ opened an extension from Cirencester to Andoversford, which connected with the existing Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway; the MSWJ obtained permission to use that line to reach Cheltenham. The MSWJ passenger trains ran to Cheltenham (Lansdown), whereas the goods trains continued a little further north, to Cheltenham High Street. The MSWJ built a locomotive depot adjacent to High Street station.

The station closed to passengers on 1 July 1910. The line remains open for passenger services between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham Spa, but these do not call at Cheltenham High Street.

### Stationmasters

* William Raggett 1862 - 1875
* E. Bradley 1875 - 1877 (afterwards station master at Stretton)
* William Raggett 1875 - 1890
* Thomas Lee 1891 - 1893
* William Willson 1893 - 1902
* T.A. Aune 1902 - 1903
* T.R. West 1903 - 1905
* H.G. Cooper 1905 - 1906
* G.H. Goscombe 1906 - 1909 (afterwards station master at Haresfield)

From 1909 until closure the station was managed by the station master at Lansdown Road)

## Route

| Preceding station | Historical railways | Historical railways | Historical railways | Following station |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Cleeve Line open, station closed | | Midland Railway Birmingham and Gloucester Railway | | Cheltenham Spa Line and station open |
