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Title: OTD - 2nd March 1953 - Passenger service to Highworth ceases Post by: grahame on March 01, 2022, 22:58:09 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highworth_branch_line
Quote The Highworth branch line operated a service for paying passengers from 9 May 1883. [snip] The line was not commercially successful as a passenger route. Following nationalisation, services were proposed to be withdrawn by British Railways in 1952 although the goods service would remain open.The passenger service closed on 2 March 1953, while goods services from Highworth to Kingsdown Road continued until 3 August 1962. Title: Re: OTD - 2nd March 1953 - Passenger service to Highworth ceases Post by: ellendune on March 02, 2022, 11:30:40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highworth_branch_line Quote The Highworth branch line operated a service for paying passengers from 9 May 1883. [snip] The line was not commercially successful as a passenger route. Following nationalisation, services were proposed to be withdrawn by British Railways in 1952 although the goods service would remain open.The passenger service closed on 2 March 1953, while goods services from Highworth to Kingsdown Road continued until 3 August 1962. Surely it means Highworth Junction (in Swindon) to Kingsdown Road Junction (for Vickers) Title: Re: OTD - 2nd March 1953 - Passenger service to Highworth ceases Post by: Bmblbzzz on March 02, 2022, 12:49:46 I've often been to Highworth but I never realised it had once had a railway. Would this be the same line that you can see branching off to the north-east a short distance to the east of Swindon station, that (I think) serves the BMW Mini factory?
Title: Re: OTD - 2nd March 1953 - Passenger service to Highworth ceases Post by: ellendune on March 02, 2022, 12:55:15 I've often been to Highworth but I never realised it had once had a railway. Would this be the same line that you can see branching off to the north-east a short distance to the east of Swindon station, that (I think) serves the BMW Mini factory? Yes that is the stub of the Highworth branch. It serves the Mini Factory and European Metal Recycling This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |