Cheltenham Racecourse is at present the southern terminus of the currently 12-mile long heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway. It was re opened in 2003 after the heritage line was extended from Gotherington.
The station itself was opened in 1912 specifically to serve the new racecourse and only opened on race days and so facilities were rudimentary, but it continued to serve racegoers travelling 'by rail to the races' (as contemporary advertising put it) until the March 1976 Cheltenham Festival.
Although most of the stations on the line closed in 1960 the line itself remained open for non-stop passenger services until 1968. Special trains on racedays only served Cheltenham Racecourse station from 1971 until 1976. The line was also used as a diversionary route with no scheduled passenger services until 1976 when a freight train derailed at Winchcombe and damaged the track. The line was officially closed in 1976 and the track was (by 1979) lifted shortly afterwards.
The original station booking office is of historic interest in that it is believed to be the only remaining example of a Swindon-built 'flatpack' prefabricated building that was brought by train and assembled on site
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46521 at Cheltenham Racecourse
The locomotive is a LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 and was built at Swindon in 1953.
It was rescued from Barry scrap yard and restored at the SVR and steam there until 1992. It moved to GCR for an overhual which was completed in 2011.
it was on loan tp the GWR for the Cotswold Festival of Steam
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46521 at Cheltenham Racecourse
The locomotive is a LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 and was built at Swindon in 1953.
It was rescued from Barry scrap yard and restored at the SVR and steam there until 1992. It moved to GCR for an overhual which was completed in 2011.
it was on loan tp the GWR for the Cotswold Festival of Steam
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46521 at Cheltenham Racecourse
The locomotive is a LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 and was built at Swindon in 1953.
It was rescued from Barry scrap yard and restored at the SVR and steam there until 1992. It moved to GCR for an overhual which was completed in 2011.
it was on loan tp the GWR for the Cotswold Festival of Steam
Tags: Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham Racecourse station Cheltenham Racecourse railway station Cheltenham Gloucestershire Prestbury Park GWR Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway The Honeybourne Line Honeybourne Line BR British Rail British Railways LMS London Midland & Scottish 2-6-0 Class 2MT 2MT 46521 LMS Ivatt Class 2 Ivatt Class 2 LMS Class 2 Steam Steam engine Steam train Steam loco Steam Locomotive GWSR Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway
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46521 at Cheltenham Racecourse
The locomotive is a LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 and was built at Swindon in 1953.
It was rescued from Barry scrap yard and restored at the SVR and steam there until 1992. It moved to GCR for an overhual which was completed in 2011.
it was on loan tp the GWR for the Cotswold Festival of Steam
Tags: Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham Racecourse station Cheltenham Racecourse railway station Cheltenham Gloucestershire Prestbury Park GWR Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway The Honeybourne Line Honeybourne Line BR British Rail British Railways LMS London Midland & Scottish 2-6-0 Class 2MT 2MT 46521 LMS Ivatt Class 2 Ivatt Class 2 LMS Class 2 Steam Steam engine Steam train Steam loco Steam Locomotive GWSR Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway
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