Not to be confused with Golden Valley Railway or Golden Valley Light Railway.
Golden Valley line
Class 800 on the Golden Valley line
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
Network Rail
Locale
Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, in South West England
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
National Rail
Operator(s)
Great Western Railway
Rolling stock
Class 800
Technical
Number of tracks
Double track
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
None
Operating speed
100 mph (160 km/h) maximum
Route map
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Golden Valley line
Legend
miles
Cross Country Route
42⅛
Cheltenham Spa
36¾
Gloucester
35¾
Gloucester–Newport line
Haresfield
29⅝
Cross Country Route
27⅝
Stonehouse
Ebley Crossing Halt
Cashes Green Halt
Downfield Crossing Halt
24⅞
Stroud
Bowbridge Crossing Halt
Ham Mill Halt
Brimscombe Bridge Halt
Brimscombe
St Mary's Crossing Halt
Chalford
Sapperton Tunnel
Tetbury Road
Tetbury branch line
Cirencester branch line
13¾
Kemble
Kemble Tunnel
Oaksey Halt
Minety and Ashton Keynes
Purton
0¾
Swindon
Great Western Main Line
The Golden Valley line is the popular name given to the railway line between Swindon, Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa in England.[1]
The line was originally built as the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in the 1840s. It was opened between Swindon and Kemble, along with a branch line to Cirencester, in 1841. It was a further four years before the remainder of the line, including the tunnel at Sapperton, was completed.
The line diverges from the Great Western Main Line at Swindon. After passing through the Sapperton tunnel and down the Golden Valley to Stroud, it joins the Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street main line at Standish Junction, just north of Stonehouse.
^Davis, Daniel (25 January 2016). "A History of the Golden Valley Line". Global Railway Review. Russell Publishing Limited.
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