Swindon
Location type
StationName and dates
SwindonStation code: SWI National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the Great Western Railway.
Opened on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway).
| Nearby stations Swindon Town Rushey Platt Stratton Moredon Platform Stratton Park Halt Mouldon Hill Taw Valley Halt Wootton Bassett Road Stanton Blunsdon [1st] Blunsdon Purton Chiseldon Hayes Knoll Hannington | Highworth Junction Rushey Platt Junction Car Factory Bremhill Defence Fuel Storage Depot South Marston Wootton Bassett Junction Marlborough Tunnel Kemble Tunnel Malmesbury Tunnel Wolfhall Junction Wolfhall South Junction Grafton East Junction Grafton Curve Junction Tourist/other Kemble Airfield Crofton Beam Engine |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 17/12/1840 | Great Western Railway Faringdon Road to Hay Lane (just west of Swindon) opened. Stations on this section at: Uffington, Shrivenham, Stratton Park Halt, Swindon, Hay Lane (But was this a station?). |
| 31/05/1841 | Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway) Swindon to Kemble to Cirencester Town opened. Stations on this section at: Purton, Minety and Ashton Keynes, Oaksey Halt, Kemble and Cirencester Town. |
