Avoncliff railway station
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Avoncliff railway station serves the small village of Avoncliff, in Wiltshire, England, together with the nearby villages of Westwood and Winsley, and Turleigh hamlet. Great Western Railway manages the station and operates all services. It is next to the Kennet and Avon Canal and almost adjacent to the Avoncliff Aqueduct, so it is popular with walkers and cyclists who wish to travel along the canal path or the picturesque walks around the station.[1]
The station has two platforms, each long enough for <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄2 coaches,[2] with a waiting shelter and original lamp-posts. Residents have voluntarily decorated the station with pots of flowers and, to mark its 100-year anniversary on 9 July 2006, decorated the station with bunting and dressed in Victorian clothing for the celebrations.[3]
History
Opened on the Wessex Main Line by the Great Western Railway as Avoncliff Halt on 9 July 1906, it remained part of that company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Avoncliff Halt escaped closure in the 1960s during the Beeching cuts, despite being listed for closure in the 1963 report "The Reshaping of British Railways".[4]
The suffix Halt was dropped from 5 May 1969.[5]
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Regional Railways until the privatisation of British Rail. The station was a request stop until July 2010, when all stops became mandatory.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Services
A generally hourly service is provided by Great Western Railway:[6]
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The service is less frequent on Sundays.
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Gallery
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The station seen from the Avoncliff Aqueduct in 2007
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The Bradford-bound platform
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Preserved GWR seat and old station sign
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Access to station seen from the platform
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References
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External links
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- Railway stations in Wiltshire
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