Broadway railway station explained

Broadway
Borough:Broadway, Wychavon
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:Great Western Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:1 October 1904
Events:Opened
Years3:7 March 1960
Events3:Closed to passengers[1]
Years4:1 June 1964
Events4:Goods facilities withdrawn[2]
Years5:30 March 2018
Events5:Reopened

Broadway railway station is a railway station on the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway in the village of Broadway in Worcestershire, England.

History

The original station opened in 1904, and closed to passengers in 1960; the original station buildings was demolished in autumn 1963[3] although the line through the site remained open for regular passenger trains until 1968 and goods until official closure in November 1976.

Stationmasters

Preservation

The GWR Broadway Area Group of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust started work clearing the derelict site in 2009. As of January 2023, both platforms had been reconstructed, a signal box on platform 2 had been rebuilt and has been fitted out with the necessary signalling equipment, the footbridge span and steps (from Henley-in-Arden railway station) have been erected and the main station building had been completed with toilets, a booking office and refreshment room.[9] The station canopy and roof including a further canopy section at the north end to connect with the footbridge was completed in 2022. Platform 2 is not yet open to the public however work to rebuild the original waiting room is progressing. [10] [11] The rebuilding of Broadway station was largely completed in 2017.[12]

The four-mile section of track from Toddington towards Broadway station was relaid from 2015 to 2018.[13] Fund raising included a 2016 share offer, "Broadway: the last mile", to complete the last mile of track.[14] Track-laying commenced in the cutting north of the station during summer 2017 and was completed by year end. Until March 2018 trains had run as far as Laverton Halt[15] and from May 2017 onwards to Little Buckland until the first train since 1960 arrived at Broadway Station on Christmas Eve 2017 after volunteers had finished laying the track on 23 December 2017,[16] [17] an English Electric Class 20 and Electro Diesel Class 73 pulling in the first works train.

The first test steam train was hauled by 7903 'Foremarke Hall' on 9 March 2018[18] and the first passenger train (for volunteers) was, on 21 March 2018, hauled by 35006 'Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.';[18] public passenger services began on 30 March 2018.[19] At the end of May 2018 the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway saw an increase in overall passenger numbers of over 14,000 passengers compared to the previous May, primarily due to the opening of the station at Broadway. The station and line closed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but reopened in the summer of 2020. The station was closed during this time to passengers wishing to start their journey at Broadway. Full service was restored in March 2021.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. Web site: Railway Chronology. Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. 18 April 2017.
  3. Web site: The Demolition. The Jo Roesen Scrapbook.
  4. News: . Railway Appointment . Bromsgrove & Droitwich Messenger . England . 30 July 1904 . 20 June 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  5. News: . Broadway Stationmaster . Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer . England . 14 March 1942 . 20 June 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  6. News: . Broadway’s New Stationmaster . Gloucestershire Echo . England . 16 March 1942 . 20 June 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  7. News: . New Station Master . Cheltenham Chronicle . England . 8 September 1945 . 20 June 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  8. News: . New Stationmaster for Broadway . Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer . England . 28 July 1950 . 20 June 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  9. Web site: Broadway Tearoom Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway . 2023-01-14 . Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway . en.
  10. Web site: Take me to Broadway: Pete Waterman launches £1.25m share scheme for historic railway. Cotswold Journal. 25 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Could this new railway station be Britain's prettiest?. 5 August 2016. 25 August 2016.
  12. Web site: Broadway Railway Station GWSR Broadway Toddington . www.broadwaystation.co.uk. 2 November 2015.
  13. Web site: Extension Blog: And down they go again. broadwayextensionblog.blogspot.ru. 31 October 2015. 2 November 2015.
  14. News: Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway raises £250k for 'last mile'. 14 April 2016. BBC News. 25 August 2016.
  15. Web site: GWR - Gloucestershire's mainline heritage railway - 2015 Timetable. www.gwsr.com. 2 November 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151109175347/http://www.gwsr.com/planning-your-visit/2015-timetable.aspx. 9 November 2015. dmy-all.
  16. Web site: Broadway gets first train in 57 years. 24 December 2017. BBC. 2 May 2019.
  17. Web site: Broadway Railway Station - rebuilding train line Visit Broadway. www.visit-broadway.co.uk. 2 November 2015.
  18. Web site: 35006 P&O on first day of passenger services out of Broadway.. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/YDD5ZHtP7Qs . 2021-12-15 . live. kruiskop1. 21 March 2018. 11 September 2018. YouTube.
  19. Web site: Opening to Broadway - 30 March to 2 April 2018 - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway. 11 September 2018. 1 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030800/https://www.gwsr.com/Opening_to_Broadway__30_March_to_2_April_2018--post--45.html. dead.

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