Dudbridge railway station

Dudbridge railway station served the Stroud suburb of Dudbridge and the village of Selsley, little more than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. The station was on the 5 ³⁄₄ miles (9.3 km) long Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, later part of the Midland Railway.

Dudbridge
Site of the station in 1990
Location	Dudbridge, Stroud England
Coordinates	51.7379°N 2.2427°W
Grid reference	SO833044
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
4 February 1867	Opened as Dudbridge for Stroud
1 July 1886	Renamed Dudbridge
16 June 1947	Last train
8 June 1949	Official closure

Stonehouse & Nailsworth Railway
Cross Country Route ← to Birmingham • to Bristol → Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Ryeford Dudbridge Stroud Woodchester Nailsworth

The station opened as "Dudbridge for Stroud" with the railway in 1867.[1] The buildings included a two-storey station-master's house and though there was originally only a single platform, the station was a passing place on the single-track branch line.

In 1885, the Midland Railway built a very short branch line from Dudbridge to Stroud. The new line opened for goods traffic in 1885 and for passengers the following year, at which point Dudbridge became a junction station, and a second platform was built.

The Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, along with the rest of the Midland Railway, became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway at the 1923 Grouping. Passenger services were suspended on the line as an economy measure to save fuel in June 1947, and were officially withdrawn from 8 June 1949. Dudbridge remained open for goods traffic until 1966.

The station buildings survived and were occupied until the early 1990s, when they were demolished.[2] Most of the former station site has now been consumed by the redevelopment of the A419 road for the Ebley bypass, with the Dudbridge to Ryeford section used as route for the roadway.

Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ryeford Line and station closed		Midland Railway Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway		Woodchester Line and station closed
		Midland Railway Stroud branch		Stroud Line and station closed

References

1. Oakley, Mike (2003). Gloucestershire Railway Stations. Wimborne: Dovecote Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 1-904349-24-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Oakley 2003, p. 65

External links

• Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Station - Stonehouse History Group