Lansdown Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Lansdown Junction

Opened on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.

Chronology Dates

04/11/1840Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Standard gauge line opened from Gloucester, Tramway Junction, to Cheltenham, Lansdown Junction.
23/10/1847Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway)
Broad Gauge line from Gloucester, Tramway Junction, to Cheltenham, Lansdown Junction, opened. Stations on this section at: Churchdown and Cheltenham. Gloucester to Cheltenham owned by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway later owned by the Midland Railway.
23/10/1847Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway)
Cheltenham, Lansdown Junction, to Cheltenham St James station opened.