Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Heritage railway in England

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

The Honeybourne Line

GWR 2-8-0 28xx Class No. 2807 and its train are seen at Toddington

Locale| Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire England
Terminus| Cheltenham Race Course and
Broadway
Commercial operations
Name| The Honeybourne Line
Built by| Great Western Railway
Original gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by| Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc
Stations| 6
Length| 14 miles (23 km)
Preserved gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened| 1906
Closed| 1976
Preservation history
1981| Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc formed and track re-laying began
1984| First public service along relaid section of track between Toddington Station and (the site of) Hayles Abbey Halt
1987| GWR Extended to Winchcombe
1990| GWR Extended to (the site of) Gretton halt
1997| Extended to Gotherington
2003| Extended to Cheltenham Race Course
2011| GWR extends to (the site of) Laverton halt
2017| Hayles Abbey Halt reopens
2018| Extended to Broadway
Headquarters| Toddington, Gloucestershire

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Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway

Legend

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miles

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| North Warwickshire Line

to Birmingham Snow Hill

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Alcester branch line

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Leamington–Stratford line

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32.8

| Wilmcote
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|  |  | Stratford-upon-Avon

Parkway
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29.1

| Stratford-upon-Avon
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|  | Evesham Road Crossing Halt |

| 1904

1916

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| Stratford & Midland Junction Railway

to Broom Junction│to Fenny Compton

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|  | Stratford Racecourse Platform
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|  | Chambers Crossing Halt |

| 1904

1916

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26.1

| Milcote
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23.5

| Long Marston
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Long Marston Depot

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| Warwickshire

Worcestershire
boundary

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|  | Broad Marston Halt |

| 1904

1916

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|  | Pebworth Halt
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| Cotswold Line

to Worcester Shrub Hill

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21.1

| Honeybourne
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| Cotswold Line

to Oxford

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| Worcestershire

Gloucestershire
boundary

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18.8

| Weston-sub-Edge
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|  | Willersley Halt
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16.1

| Broadway
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| Worcestershire

Gloucestershire
boundary

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|  | Laverton Halt
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Stanway Viaduct

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11.6

| Toddington
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Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway

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|  | Hayles Abbey Halt
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9.0

| Winchcombe
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Greet Tunnel

| 693 yd

634 m

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7.6

| Gretton Halt
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5.6

| Gotherington
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4.1

| Bishops Cleeve
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2.3

| Cheltenham Racecourse
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Hunting Butts Tunnel

| 97 yd

89 m

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|  | Cheltenham High Street Halt
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|  | Cheltenham St James
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|  | Cheltenham Malvern Road
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| Cross Country Route

to Birmingham New Street

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0.0

| Cheltenham Spa (Lansdown)
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Lansdown Junction

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| Cross Country Route

to Bristol Parkway

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The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway) is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds in England.

The GWSR has restored and reopened around 14 miles (23 km) of track, operating between Cheltenham Race Course and Broadway. The most recent extension to Broadway (completed in 2018) involved the company raising £1.38 million. The 28-mile return trip on steam and heritage diesel trains follows part of the route of the former Great Western main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham.[2] There is a long-term aim of extending a further 6 miles (9.7 km) from Broadway to the national rail network at Honeybourne.

## Overview

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The line was originally part of the Great Western Railway's Cheltenham–Stratford-upon-Avon–Birmingham line, known as the Honeybourne Line, built in 1900–1906, and runs through the Cotswold towns of Winchcombe and Bishop's Cleeve.[3] The line was run down over the years and finally closed after a derailment damaged a stretch of track in 1976, with the double track being lifted from 1979.

The preservation group rehabilitated the line, starting steam train operations at Toddington in 1984 over 700 yards (640 m) of re-laid track. In 1987, the line was restored as far as Winchcombe, where the station was reconstructed using the former Monmouth Troy station building. The railway continued to re-lay track west of Winchcombe, through the 693-yard (634 m) long Greet Tunnel, and past the villages of Gretton, Gotherington and Bishops Cleeve.[4] The line to Cheltenham Race Course was re-opened by Princess Anne in 2003. The latest extension of the line, to Broadway, opened in March 2018.

The GWSR runs trains from March to the end of December,[5] with the line closing during January and February as well as November for line and locomotive maintenance. The GWSR runs regular train services every weekend, plus most weekdays from Easter to the end of October, and some weekends are used to host special events including steam and diesel galas, Wartime in the Cotswolds, Real Ale Weekends and Santa Specials.

The railway operates a wide variety of both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, as well as heritage DMUs, and often hosts visiting locomotives during special events. In 2021, the resident steam locomotives on the line were 7820 "Dinmore Manor", 28xx class 2807 (undergoing 10-year overhaul), 42xx class 4270, 7903 "Foremarke Hall" and 35006 "Peninsular & Oriental SN Co". To complement the running stock, a collection of over 210 carriages and wagons of various origins has been compiled, many of which are still being restored.

The GWSR opened its extension to Broadway, Worcestershire to the public on 30 March 2018.[6]

In December 2021 the railway returned to running a standard timetable after the removal of Coronavirus restrictions.[7]

## Signalling of the Heritage GWSR

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The route consists of single line sections with passing places at the major stations. All stations and loops are signalled using GWR lower quadrant semaphore signals.[8][9]

The signalling on the line is a mixture of Electric Key Token (EKT) and One Train Staff working, depending on operational requirements. Current sections are:

* Broadway–Toddington (One Train Staff) - will be Track-circuit block (TCB) when Broadway box opens
* Toddington–Winchcombe (EKT)
* Winchcombe-Gotherington (EKT)
* Gotherington-Cheltenham Race Course (EKT)
* Winchcombe–Cheltenham Race Course (EKT) (With Gotherington switched out)
* Toddington–Cheltenham Race Course (One Train Staff - with Winchcombe and Gotherington switched out and Cheltenham Race Course behaving as a ground frame)

There are four signal boxes along the line, and a new-built platform-mounted one at Broadway, with the frame parts all acquired and assembled:

* Broadway – currently non-operational[when?]
* Toddington – operational
* Winchcombe – operational
* Gotherington – operational
* Cheltenham Race Course – operational

## Stations

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Point  | Coordinates
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Broadway | 52°02′34″N 1°52′19″W﻿ / ﻿52.0429°N 1.8720°W﻿ / 52.0429; -1.8720﻿ (Broadway Station) | SP08873828  |
Laverton Halt | 52°01′13″N 1°54′17″W﻿ / ﻿52.0204°N 1.9047°W﻿ / 52.0204; -1.9047﻿ (Laverton Halt (Closed) | SP06633577  | Closed
Toddington | 51°59′21″N 1°55′41″W﻿ / ﻿51.9891°N 1.9281°W﻿ / 51.9891; -1.9281﻿ (Toddington Station) | SP05033229  |
Hayles Abbey Halt | 51°58′31″N 1°55′59″W﻿ / ﻿51.9752°N 1.9331°W﻿ / 51.9752; -1.9331﻿ (Hayles Abbey Halt) | SP04693075  |
Winchcombe | 51°57′59″N 1°57′48″W﻿ / ﻿51.9664°N 1.9634°W﻿ / 51.9664; -1.9634﻿ (Winchcombe Station) | SP02612976  |
Gretton Halt | 51°58′21″N 1°59′33″W﻿ / ﻿51.9726°N 1.9924°W﻿ / 51.9726; -1.9924﻿ (Gretton Halt (Closed)) | SP00613045  | Closed
Gotherington | 51°58′02″N 2°02′16″W﻿ / ﻿51.9672°N 2.0378°W﻿ / 51.9672; -2.0378﻿ (Gotherington Station) | SO97492985  |
Bishops Cleeve | 51°56′51″N 2°03′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.9474°N 2.0504°W﻿ / 51.9474; -2.0504﻿ (Bishops Cleeve Station (Closed)) | SO96632765  | Closed
Cheltenham Race Course | 51°55′26″N 2°04′06″W﻿ / ﻿51.9240°N 2.0683°W﻿ / 51.9240; -2.0683﻿ (Cheltenham Race Course Station) | SO95392505  |

## Future development plans

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### South to Cheltenham

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A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa The bowstring bridge, built on the alignment of the former GWR trackbed into Cheltenham by developers in 2002 to allow continued bicycle access to Cheltenham Leisure Centre, when they constructed a supermarket on the site of the former Cheltenham Spa St. James station

Encouraged by support from Cheltenham Borough Council, which has both given the railway direct funds and placed protected status on the former line's trackbed south from Cheltenham Race Course to Cheltenham Spa, the railway could at some point connect to Network Rail in the south.[10]

The Council has backed the long-term scheme, as this would allow the railway to:

* be reinstated as an access point for race-goers from all over the UK to reach meetings at Cheltenham Racecourse, thus reduce current traffic congestion[11]
* build a new halt in the Wyman's Brook area of Cheltenham itself, to serve an adjacent Prince of Wales sports stadium
* run tourist and excursion trains to access the railway and the town.

Although the GWSR has extended track to (and through) Hunting Butts tunnel, a few hundred yards beyond Cheltenham Race Course station, it owns the trackbed as far as the Prince of Wales stadium at Wyman's Brook. It is likely that after completion of its extension to Broadway, laying track further into Cheltenham will happen to this point; a distance of about 1 mile. However, beyond here major and costly engineering works would be required to extend the trackbed further south.[12]

The primary impediments are firstly a bowstring bridge over Honeybourne Way (at 51°54′09″N 2°05′11″W﻿ / ﻿51.9024°N 2.0864°W﻿ / 51.9024; -2.0864), built in 2002 to allow continued access by bicycle along the old trackbed alignment to Cheltenham Leisure Centre when planning permission was given for the redevelopment of the former Cheltenham Spa St. James station site as a Waitrose supermarket;[13] the bridge spans a gap in the former railway embankment which was created to provide road access to the supermarket.[14] Secondly, a reduced-height pedestrian specification bridge carrying the footpath/railbed beneath the busy St Georges Road, which would have to be replaced to allow trains to pass beneath the road. There is space alongside the bowstring bridge for the railway, but there is no way to avoid the work necessary to get railway vehicles beneath St Georges Road.

An alternative connection to Network Rail close to Swindon Village was also discussed in 2018 in conjunction with developing Cheltenham Race Course station into a National Rail parkway railway station,[15] although the proposal was not acknowledged in the subsequent Gloucestershire Local Transport Plan covering 2020–2041. The 2020 Gloucestershire Rail Strategy does advocate further assessment is made of a new Gloucestershire Parkway station but suggests a site on the existing Birmingham and Gloucester Railway close to M5 junction 11 would have the greatest benefit.[16]

### Between Broadway and Honeybourne

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GWSR (Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway) could buy the trackbed between Broadway and Honeybourne to protect it from future non-GWSR developments. The trackbed is 4.5 miles long, the bridges have not been removed or filled, and there are no plans to fill or remove them. However, they are in a very poor state and would cost a significant amount to restore; additionally, the DfT has indicated that it would not grant permission for the GWSR to purchase the trackbed and to take on liability for the bridges.[17]

### North from Honeybourne

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When the GWSR was first formed, it intended to purchase the entire line from Cheltenham Racecourse to Stratford Racecourse. However, when applying for the required Light Railway Order, the group were informed that they were unlikely to be granted the order for 25 miles when they had no experience of running a railway.[18] A reduced application for the 15 miles from Cheltenham Race Course to Broadway was successful and track has since been laid and operations begun.[19] Since this time, the section between Stratford and Stratford Racecourse has been utilised to improve road access around the town, especially the A4390, making reinstatement of rail to the main station at Stratford extremely difficult.[20]

## Landslips

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In the early 2010s the GWSR was affected by two major landslips in embankments on the line, which severed the preserved line into separate sections; however, both slips have now been repaired, and the whole line has been fully reopened. A further landslip occurred in November 2019 just south of Gotherington station, and again was repaired.

### 2010 (Gotherington)

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In April 2010 the GWSR suffered a landslip of an embankment near Gotherington.[21] Train services continued despite the Gotherington landslip, but over a reduced route. The landslip forced the closure of the line south of Gotherington, including Cheltenham Race Course Station, which was effectively cut off. The railway continued to operate services from Toddington to Gotherington, with a locomotive at both ends of the train ("top and tailed"), as it was not possible to run the locomotive around the train at Gotherington at the time (there is now a run round loop just south of Gotherington). The railway launched a £1m appeal, both to fund the rebuilding of the embankment, and also to undertake preventative maintenance to ensure that similar problems do not happen at other points along the line. It was deemed unlikely that the line south of Gotherington would reopen before July 2011, but donations ensured that the work could be carried out promptly, and it was reopened on 22 April 2011.

### 2011 (Chicken Curve)

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In January 2011 the railway was damaged by another landslip just east of Winchcombe station at Chicken Curve. The landslip severed the railway in two; it was very similar to the one at Gotherington, but closer to the middle of the route. It was estimated that the cost of the repair work would be £850,000; funds for the repair were successfully raised. During the repair period a DMU service was run from Toddington up to the extension at Laverton; since the earlier Gotherington slip had been repaired, steam trains ran from Winchcombe to Cheltenham Race Course, the steam locomotive maintenance facilities temporarily being transferred to Winchcombe. The Chicken Curve landslip was repaired over the summer of 2012, and the GWSR was once again operational as a single unified line from Cheltenham Race Course to the site of Laverton Halt, a total of 12 route miles in length at that time.

### 2019 (Gotherington)

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Following extended heavy rain, one side of the embankment south of Gotherington station slipped. This was first discovered in November 2019, and worsened to the extent that no trains could run in January 2020. Following remedial works, the line reopened on 7 March 2020, in time for the regular Cheltenham race trains to run. Work is still ongoing to finish off the site. The total cost of repairs is expected to be £500,000; an emergency appeal has been issued to raise £250,000 towards this cost due to the closure of the line following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.[22]

## Steam locomotives

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### Operational

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Number & Name  | Description  | Current Status  | Livery  | Image

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2807 | GWR 2-8-0 2800 Class | Built in 1905. Historically significant as the oldest locomotive rescued from Barry Scrapyard. Ten-year overhaul completed and new boiler ticket issued October 2023.  | GWR unlined black  |
3850  | GWR 2-8-0 2884 Class | Withdrawn from traffic on 28 September 2015 and returned to service in August 2024.[23] Owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd.  | GWR unlined black  |
6880 "Betton Grange" | GWR 4-6-0 6800 "Grange" Class | Built in 2024. Newbuild member of the Grange class constructed between 1998 and 2024 by 6880 Betton Grange Society Ltd. Took up residence at the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway in December 2024.[24] Boiler Ticket expires in 2034.  | BR Lined Green, Late Crest  |
No. 7903 "Foremarke Hall" | GWR 4-6-0 6959 "Modified Hall" Class | Overhaul completed in mid-2016. Built in 1949. Boiler ticket expires in 2026.  | BR Green, Late Emblem  |
35006 "Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Co." | SR 4-6-2 "Merchant Navy" Class | Returned to service in mid-2016 following the completion of a 30-year restoration from scrapyard condition. Built in 1941. Boiler ticket expires in 2025.  | BR Green, Late Emblem  |

### Undergoing restoration, repairs, overhaul, or construction

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Number & Name  | Description  | Current Status  | Livery  | Image

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2874  | GWR 2-8-0 2800 Class | Major restoration has begun. Completed at Swindon in November 1918. Will be the only inside steam-pipe version operating when restored. Owned by 2874 Trust  | N/A  |
76077  | BR 2-6-0 Class 4MT | Undergoing major restoration. Built in 1956. Frames and wheels now off-site.  | BR Black with late crest  |

### Stored or static

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Number & Name  | Description  | Current Status  | Livery  | Image

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7820 "Dinmore Manor" | GWR 4-6-0 7800 "Manor" Class | Built in 1950, owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd. Boiler ticket expired in January 2025 [25] | BR Lined Black, Early Emblem  |
John  | Industrial Peckett & Sons limited, Bristol. W6 class 0-4-0ST. Works Number 1976.  | The loco is presently undergoing cosmetic restoration in order to become a static exhibit at Toddington.  |  |

## Diesel locomotives and DMUs

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### Operational

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Number & Name  | Description  | Current Status  | Livery  | Image

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D2182  | BR 0-6-0DM Class 03 | Operational  | BR green with late crest  |
11230  | Drewry 0-6-0DM Class 04 | Operational  | BR black with early crest  |
D2280  | Drewry 0-6-0DM Class 04 | Operational  | Green  |
D8137  | BR Bo-Bo Class 20 | Operational, returned to service for the first time in nearly 3 years in April 2022.  | BR green with full yellow ends  |
5081  | BR Bo-Bo Class 24 | Operational  | BR blue with full yellow ends  |
37215  | BR Co-Co Class 37 | Operational  | BR blue with full yellow ends  |
45149  | BR 1 Co-Co 1 Class 45 | Operational  | BR blue with full yellow ends  |
47105  | BR Co-Co Class 47  | Operational  | BR blue with full yellow ends  |
47376 "Freightliner 1995"  | BR Co-Co Class 47 | Operational  | Freightliner grey  |

### Non operational

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Number & Name  | Description  | Current Status  | Livery  | Image

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372 "Des"  | 0-6-0 Yorkshire Engine Company | Withdrawn due to generator failure  | Blue with wasp stripes  |
20228  | BR Bo-Bo Class 20 | Undergoing restoration  | BR blue with full yellow ends  |
D5343  | BR Bo-Bo Class 26 | Undergoing overhaul  | BR blue with full yellow ends  |
D6948  | BR Co-Co Class 37  | Currently lifted to enable repairs to air system and traction equipment  | Original BR green  |
W55003  | BR Class 122 | Undergoing overhaul  | New livery is yet to be chosen (was BR lined green with yellow warning panels)  |
W51360  | BR Class 117 DMBS  | Awaiting restoration  | BR blue  | Moved from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in 2013 [26]
SC52029  | BR Class 107 DMCL  | Undergoing restoration  | New livery will be BR Blue with full yellow end  |

## Coaching stock

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Operational coaches are shown in bold.

Origin  | Type  | Number  | Livery  | Notes  | Image

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BR | Mk 1 RBr, | W1672 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 |
BR | Mk 1 RBr, | W1675 | Chocolate / Cream | Stored pending overhaul. Some refurbishment has been done. |

BR | Mk 1 RMB, | W1808 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 RMB, | M1876 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 RU, | 1965 | Olive Green | Ex Army. Long Term Storage |
BR | Mk 1 FO, | W3132 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 (named 'Mary' in honour of a long serving volunteer) |
BR | Mk 1 TSO | M3960 | BR Blue / Grey | Stored pending overhaul |
BR | Mk 1 TSO | M4614 | Maroon | Rake 2 (Modified for wheelchair use) |
BR | Mk 1 TSO | W4763 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 |
BR | Mk 1 TSO | W4772 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 SO, | M4787 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 SO | W4790, | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 (Modified for wheelchair use) |
BR | Mk 1 SO | W4798, | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 SO | M4806 | Blue / Grey | S & T Store |
BR | Mk 1 TSO | M4867 | Maroon | Stored pending overhaul |
BR | Mk 1 TSO, | IC4869 | Inter City | Stored pending overhaul |
BR | Mk 1 TSO, | W4986 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 |
BR | Mk 1 TSO, | M5023 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 TSO, | W5042 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 |
BR | Mk 1 BSOT, | W9000 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 1 |
BR | Mk 1 FK, | M13326 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 FK, | W13329 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 FK, | W13337 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 CK, | M16195 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 CK, | SC16221 | Blue / Grey | Under overhaul |
BR | Mk 1 BCK, | W21092 | Chocolate / Cream | Spare |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | W24006 | Red Oxide | Stored pending overhaul. Oldest extant Mk.1 |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | E24804 | Carmine / Cream | Spare (On loan from North Yorkshire Moors Railway) |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | W24949 | Chocolate / Cream | Spare |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | W25341 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | M25451 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | E25488 | Carmine / Cream | Rake 1 (On loan from North Yorkshire Moors Railway) |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | M25501 | Maroon | Stored pending overhaul |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | M25618 | Maroon | Santa Coach |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | W25646 | Chocolate / Cream | Loco Mess |
BR | Mk 1 SK, | W25743 | Chocolate / Cream | Rake 3 |
BR | Mk 1 BSK, | 34701 | Grey / Black | Ex IE Steam Heat Van |
BR | Mk 1 BSK | E34929 | Maroon | Rake 3 (Modified for wheelchair use) |
BR | Mk 1 BSK | M35308 | Maroon | Rake 2 |
BR | Mk 1 POT, | 80435 |  |  |
BR | Mk 1 BG | W80893 | Chocolate / Cream | Discovery Coach at Winchcombe |
BR | Mk 1 BG | S80926 | BR Rail Blue and Pearl Grey |  |
BR | Mk 1 BG | W81039 | Chocolate / Cream |  |
BR | Mk 1 BG | M81049 | Maroon | P-Way Mess Coach |
BR | Mk 1 BG | 81512 |  |  |
BR | CCT, | 94486, and 94557 |  |  |
BR | GUV, | 94051 |  |  |

## See also

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* North Gloucestershire Railway – a narrow gauge railway also at Toddington
* Stratford on Avon and Broadway Railway – a now defunct group that had initially hoped to restore the railway between Stratford upon Avon and Broadway.

## References

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26. ^ "Class 117 – W51360 – Cotswold Diesel Railcar". www.gwsr-dmu.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

* Cotswold Line Promotion Group Archived 5 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine Includes proposal to link GWR to main line at Honeybourne
* About Britain Entry
* Cheltenham local attractions
* Reference in directory of Heritage Railways in the UK
* New bridge on the Honeybourne Line.

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* Warwickshire Railways

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Heritage railways, museums and preservation societies in England

Operational railways

| Narrow-gauge|

* Amerton Railway
* Amberley Museum Railway
* Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
* Bure Valley Railway
* Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
* Gartell Light Railway
* Great Whipsnade Railway
* Great Woburn Railway
* Hastings Miniature Railway
* Hayling Seaside Railway
* Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry
* Launceston Steam Railway
* Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
* London Post Office Railway
* Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
* North Gloucestershire Railway
* Perrygrove Railway
* Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
* Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
* Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
* Ruislip Lido Railway
* Seaton Tramway
* Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway
* South Tynedale Railway
* Southend Pier Railway
* Steeple Grange Light Railway
* Volk's Electric Railway
* Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
* West Lancashire Light Railway
* Whistlestop Valley
* Yaxham Light Railway

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Standard-gauge|

* Aln Valley Railway
* Appleby Frodingham Railway
* Avon Valley Railway
* Battlefield Line Railway
* Bluebell Railway
* Bodmin and Wenford Railway
* Bowes Railway
* Bristol Harbour Railway
* Cambrian Heritage Railways
* Chasewater Railway
* Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
* Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
* Churnet Valley Railway
* Colne Valley Railway
* Dartmouth Steam Railway
* Dean Forest Railway
* Derwent Valley Light Railway
* East Kent Railway
* East Lancashire Railway
* East Somerset Railway
* Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
* Eden Valley Railway
* Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
* Epping Ongar Railway
* Foxfield Railway
* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
* Great Central Railway
* Great Central Railway (Nottingham)
* Helston Railway
* Isle of Wight Steam Railway
* Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
* Kent and East Sussex Railway
* Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
* Lavender Line
* Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
* Mid-Norfolk Railway
* Middleton Railway
* Midland Railway – Butterley
* Mountsorrel Railway
* Nene Valley Railway
* North Norfolk Railway
* North Tyneside Steam Railway
* North Yorkshire Moors Railway
* Northampton and Lamport Railway
* Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust
* Peak Rail
* Plym Valley Railway
* Ribble Steam Railway
* Rother Valley Railway
* Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway
* Severn Valley Railway
* South Devon Railway
* Spa Valley Railway
* Stainmore Railway
* Swanage Railway
* Swindon and Cricklade Railway
* Tanfield Railway
* Telford Steam Railway
* Watercress Line
* Weardale Railway
* Wensleydale Railway
* West Somerset Railway
* Yorkshire Wolds Railway

Centres and museums

* Barrow Hill Roundhouse
* Bressingham Steam Museum
* Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
* Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
* Crewe Heritage Centre
* Crowle Peatland Railway
* Devon Railway Centre
* Didcot Railway Centre
* East Anglian Railway Museum
* Great Central Railway (Nottingham)
* Hollycombe Steam Collection
* Hopetown Darlington
* London Museum of Water & Steam
* Mangapps Railway Museum
* Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
* Moseley Railway Trust
* Mountsorrel Railway
* National Railway Museum
* North Ings Farm Museum
* Rutland Railway Museum
* National Railway Museum Shildon
* Shillingstone Railway Project
* Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
* Southall Railway Centre
* Stephenson Railway Museum
* Museum of the Great Western Railway (Swindon)
* Tyseley Locomotive Works
* Yeovil Railway Centre

Planned railways

* Berkeley Vale Railway
* Bideford Railway Heritage Centre
* Combe Rail
* Don Valley Railway
* Lea Bailey Light Railway
* Norfolk Orbital Railway
* North Dorset Railway
* North Somerset Railway
* Poulton & Wyre Railway
* Southwold Railway
* Tarka Valley Railway
* Wisbech and March Bramley Line

Closed sites

* Abbey Light Railway
* Ashford Steam Centre
* Cadeby Light Railway
* Dartmoor line (mainline service restored)
* Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway
* Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire
* Elsecar Heritage Railway
* Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society
* North Woolwich Old Station Museum
* Wells Harbour Railway

* Heritage railways: England
* Scotland
* Wales
* Northern Ireland
* Isle of Man
* Channel Islands

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Transport in Gloucestershire

Road|

| Motorways|

* M4
* M5
* M32
* M48
* M49
* M50

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A-roads|

* A38
* A40
* A46
* A48
* A403
* A417
* A419
* A429
* A431
* A432
* A433
* A466
* A4032
* A4103
* A4135
* A4136
* A4174

Service stations|

* Gloucester services
* Michaelwood services
* Severn View services

Other|

* B4008
* E30
* Icknield Street
* Westgate Street

Airports and heliports|

* Cotswold Airport
* Gloucestershire Airport
* Cheltenham Racecourse Heliport

Rail|

| Main lines|

* Cotswold Line
* Cross Country Route
* Gloucester-Newport line
* Golden Valley line
* Henbury Loop line

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Closed lines|

* Avon and Gloucestershire Railway
* Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
* Bicslade Tramroad (Tram)
* Bristol and Gloucester Railway
* Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway
* Bullo Pill Railway
* Cheltenham and District Light Railway
* Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway
* Cirencester branch line
* Coleford Railway
* Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway
* Dursley and Midland Junction Railway
* Evesham loop line
* Forest of Dean Central Railway
* Forest of Dean Railway
* Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (Tram)
* Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
* Ledbury and Gloucester Railway
* Midland and South Western Junction Railway
* Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway
* Monmouth Railway
* Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
* Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
* Severn and Wye Railway
* Severn Bridge Railway
* Sharpness Branch Line
* South Wales Railway
* Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway
* Stratford and Moreton Tramway (Tram)
* Tetbury branch line
* Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
* Wye Valley Railway

Stations|

* Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
* Cam and Dursley
* Cheltenham Spa
* Gloucester
* Kemble
* Lydney
* Moreton-in-Marsh
* Pilning
* Stonehouse
* Stroud

Closed stations|

* Adlestrop
* Andoversford and Dowdeswell
* Andoversford Junction
* Awre for Blakeney
* Badminton
* Barbers Bridge
* Berkeley
* Berkeley Road
* Bilson Halt
* Bishops Cleeve
* Blaisdon Halt
* Bourton-on-the-Water
* Bowbridge Crossing Halt
* Brimscombe Bridge Halt
* Brimscombe
* Bullo Cross Halt
* Cam
* Cashes Green Halt
* Chalford
* Charfield
* Charlton Kings
* Charlton Halt
* Chipping Sodbury
* Chedworth Halt
* Cheltenham High Street Halt
* Cheltenham High Street
* Cheltenham Leckhampton
* Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road
* Cheltenham Spa St. James
* Chepstow East
* Chesterton Lane Halt
* Chipping Campden
* Churchdown
* Cinderford New
* Cirencester Town
* Cirencester Watermoor
* Cleeve
* Downfield Crossing Halt
* Drybrook Road
* Dudbridge
* Dursley
* Dymock
* Ebley Crossing Halt
* Fairford
* Foss Cross
* Four Oaks Halt
* Frocester
* Gloucester Eastgate
* Grange Court
* Greenway Halt
* Gretton Halt
* Hallen Halt
* Ham Mill Halt
* Haresfield
* Hayles Abbey Halt
* Henbury
* Iron Acton
* Jackament's Bridge Halt
* Laverton Halt
* Lechlade
* Longhope
* Lydbrook Junction
* Malswick Halt
* Mangotsfield
* Mickleton Halt
* Nailsworth
* Netherhope Halt]
* New Passage Halt
* New Passage Pier
* Newent
* Newnham
* North Filton Platform
* Notgrove
* Park Leaze Halt
* Redbrook on Wye
* Rodmarton Platform
* Ruspidge Halt
* Ryeford
* St Mary's Crossing Halt
* Severn Bridge
* Sharpness
* South Cerney
* Speech House Road
* Staple Edge Halt
* Staple Hill
* Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
* Stow-on-the-Wold
* Stroud (Midland)
* Tetbury
* Tetbury Road
* Tewkesbury
* Thornbury
* Tidenham
* Trouble House Halt
* Tutshill for Beachley Halt
* Tytherington
* Upper Soudley Halt
* Warmley
* Weston-sub-Edge
* Wickwar
* Whitecroft
* Willersey Halt
* Winterbourne
* Withington
* Woodchester

Heritage stations|

* Bitton
* Cheltenham Racecourse
* Gotherington
* Hayles Abbey Halt
* Heywood
* Lydney Junction
* Lydney
* Norchard
* Oakiron
* Oldland Common
* Parkend
* Perrygrove
* Rookwood
* St Mary's Halt
* Toddington
* Whitecroft
* Winchcombe

Heritage railways|

* Avon Valley Railway
* Dean Forest Railway
* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
* Lea Bailey Light Railway
* Perrygrove Railway
* Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway

Proposed|

* Gloucestershire Parkway

Buses|

| Stations|

* Gloucester Transport Hub

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Companies|

* First West of England
* Newport Bus
* Stagecoach West

Waterways|

| Rivers|

* River Avon, Bristol
* River Avon, Warwickshire
* River Boyd
* Bybrook River
* River Cam
* River Chelt
* River Churn
* River Coln
* River Dikler
* River Evenlode
* River Eye
* River Frome, Bristol
* River Frome, Stroud
* Hazel Brook
* River Isbourne
* Lam Brook
* River Leach
* River Leadon
* Little Avon River
* Nailsworth Stream
* Painswick Stream
* Ruscombe Brook
* River Severn
* Siston Brook
* Slad Brook
* Stoke Brook
* River Swilgate
* Tetbury Avon
* River Thames
* River Trym
* River Windrush
* River Wye

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Canals|

* Cinderford Canal
* Coombe Hill Canal
* Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
* Hereford and Gloucester Canal
* Lydney Canal
* Pidcock's Canal
* Stroudwater Navigation
* Thames and Severn Canal

Docks and ports|

* Gloucester Docks
* Sharpness

Footpaths|

| National Trails|

* Cotswold Way
* Thames Path

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Long-distance footpaths|

* Celtic Way
* Geopark Way
* Gloucestershire Way
* Heart of England Way
* Limestone Link
* Macmillan Way
* Monarch's Way
* Oxfordshire Way
* Sabrina Way
* Severn Way

Other|

* Frome Valley Walkway
* Wysis Way

Cycle paths|

*  Route 42
* Route 44

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Cheltenham

Areas|

* Alstone
* Arle
* Benhall
* Charlton Kings
* Fairview
* Hesters Way
* Lansdown
* Leckhampton
* Montpellier
* Pittville
* Prestbury
* Rowanfield
* St. Pauls
* Up Hatherley
* Swindon
* Whaddon
* Wyman's Brook

Buildings and
structures|

* Grade I listed buildings in Cheltenham
* Grade II* listed buildings in Cheltenham
* 153–159 Fairview Road
* All Saints' Church
* The Bacon Theatre
* Cavendish House
* Le Champignon Sauvage
* Cheltenham Masonic Hall
* Cheltenham Minster, St Mary's
* Cheltenham Racecourse Heliport
* Cheltenham Synagogue
* Cheltenham Town Hall
* The Doughnut
* Ellenborough Park Hotel
* Everyman Theatre
* Montpellier Rotunda
* Pittville Pump Room
* The Playhouse
* St Philip and St James Church, Leckhampton
* St Gregory's Church
* Cheltenham High Street Halt railway station
* Cheltenham Spa railway station
* Thirlestaine House
* Trinity Cheltenham

Culture|

* The Bacon Theatre
* Cheltenham Town Hall
* Everyman Theatre
* Pittville Pump Room
* The Playhouse
* Spy Booth
* The Cheltenham Ghost
* The Wilson (Cheltenham)

Education|

* Gloucestershire College
* University of Gloucestershire
* National Star College
* Westminster Theological Centre
* All Saints' Academy
* Balcarras School
* Cheltenham Bournside School
* Cheltenham College
* Cheltenham Ladies' College
* Dean Close School
* Pate's Grammar School
* Pittville School
* St Edward's School
* University of Gloucestershire
* Hereford College of Arts
* Urban Learning Foundation

Politics|

* Cheltenham Agreement
* Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)
* Cheltenham Borough Council
* Cheltenham Borough Council elections
* Cheltenham by-election, 1911
* Cheltenham by-election, 1928
* Cheltenham by-election, 1937
* GCHQ trade union ban
* John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick

Sport|

* Cheltenham Association Football League
* Cheltenham Cricket Club
* Cheltenham Rugby Festival
* Cheltenham Saracens F.C.
* Cheltenham Town F.C.
* Cheltenham Festival
* Cheltenham Gold Cup
* Old Patesians R.F.C.
* College Ground, Cheltenham
* Dowty Arle Court
* East Gloucestershire Cricket Club Ground
* Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club Ground
* Cheltenham Racecourse
* Sandford Parks Lido
* The Victoria Ground
* Whaddon Road

Transport|

* Cheltenham and District Light Railway
* Cheltenham High Street Halt railway station
* Cheltenham Racecourse Heliport
* Cheltenham Racecourse railway station
* Cheltenham Spa Express
* Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road railway station
* Cheltenham Spa railway station
* Cheltenham Spa St. James railway station
* Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad
* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
* Stagecoach West

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