Adlestrop railway station
Adlestrop railway station was a railway station which served the village of Adlestrop in Gloucestershire, England, between 1853 and 1966. It was on what is now called the Cotswold Line. The station was immortalised in the poem "Adlestrop" by Edward Thomas after his train stopped there on 24 June 1914.
Adlestrop | |
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Adlestrop station in 1961 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Adlestrop, Cotswold England |
| Coordinates | 51.9360°N 1.6591°W |
| Grid reference | SP235264 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 4 June 1853 | Opened as Addlestrop and Stow Road |
| 1 March 1862 | Renamed Addlestrop |
| 1 July 1883 | Renamed Adlestrop |
| 3 January 1966 | Closed |
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