Gloucestershire Parkway railway station explained

Gloucestershire Parkway railway station is or was a proposed development in transport infrastructure for a semi-greenfield site surrounded by warehouse and light industry units east of Gloucester city centre (including its main railway station) which is on a major east–west spur line off of the greater north-south Birmingham-to-Bristol line on which this station would be built. The proposed site is specifically by an intra-city (urban) part of the inceptive A40 road in an area known as Elmbridge Court, Gloucester, England.[1]

Specific proposal

If approved its 2006-submitted designs involve building:

In May 2007 the Department for Transport dismissed the above plans stating that several issues needed to be resolved.[3] As of 2013 there has been no further development.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gloucestershire County Council - Gloucestershire County Council. www.gloucestershire.gov.uk.
  2. Web site: A new rail link for Gloucestershire . 2007-05-14 . shtml . bbc.co.uk . bbc.co.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20061201182631/http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2005/07/18/gloucestershire_parkway_feature.shtml . 2006-12-01 . dead .
  3. Web site: Government derails Parkway scheme . 2007-05-14 . stm. BBC News Online. BBC News Online. 2007-05-11.