Chipping Campden railway station

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.

Chipping Campden
Station site in 2006.
Location	Chipping Campden, Cotswold England
Coordinates	52.0550°N 1.7552°W
Grid reference	SP168397
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 June 1853	Opened as Mickleton
?	Renamed Campden
February 1952	Renamed Chipping Campden
3 January 1966	Closed

The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was opened in stages. The section between Evesham and Wolvercot Junction, to the north of Oxford, was opened on 4 June 1853;[1] the station at Campden was opened at the same time, and was originally named Mickleton.[2] It was later renamed Campden,[3] and in February 1952 became Chipping Campden.[4] It closed on 3 January 1966.[5]

Reopening proposals

There are proposals for a new station at Chipping Campden.[6]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Mickleton Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway		Blockley Line open, station closed

Notes

1. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 498, 867.
2. Butt 1995, p. 158
3. Butt 1995, pp. 158, 52
4. Butt 1995, pp. 52, 60
5. Butt 1995, p. 60
6. "8.6 Chipping Campden". Local Plan Reg. 18 Consultation: Development Strategy and Site Allocations January 2015. Cotswold Council. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.