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Cricklade railway station

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As a whole, traffic on the M&SWJR fell steeply after the Second World War and the line closed to passengers in 1961, with goods facilities at Cricklade being withdrawn in July 1963. No trace of the station remains, as link roads around the town now use the rail alignment and land beside the roads
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aim to extend north to Cricklade, where a new station site would be constructed as part of the S&CR's northern extension.
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Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology
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to form the M&SWJR, and through services to the junction at
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Former Midland and South Western Junction Railway stations
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Cricklade station was on the southern edge of the town of
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Index

Cricklade
51°38′23″N 1°51′39″W / 51.6396°N 1.8609°W / 51.6396; -1.8609
Grid reference
SU097934
Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Great Western Railway
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Wiltshire
Swindon and Cheltenham Extension Railway
Swindon Town
Cirencester Watermoor
Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway
Andoversford
Great Western Railway
Cheltenham Lansdown
Banbury
Cricklade
Swindon and Cricklade Railway
Cerney and Ashton Keynes
Midland and South Western Junction Railway
Blunsdon
Heritage Railways
Proposed Heritage railways
Swindon & Cricklade Railway
Hayes Knoll
OCLC
931112387
ISBN
1-904349-33-1

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