Chipping Campden | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Chipping Campden, Cotswold |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.055°N -1.7552°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Years: | 4 June 1853 |
Events: | Opened as Mickleton |
Years1: | ? |
Events1: | Renamed Campden |
Years2: | February 1952 |
Events2: | Renamed Chipping Campden |
Events3: | Closed |
Chipping Campden, or for most of its existence simply Campden, is a closed railway station on the Cotswold Line, which served the town of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, England.
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was opened in stages. The section between and Wolvercot Junction, to the north of, was opened on 4 June 1853;[1] the station at Campden was opened at the same time, and was originally named Mickleton. It was later renamed Campden, and in February 1952 became Chipping Campden. It closed on 3 January 1966.
There are proposals for a new station at Chipping Campden.[2]