The Film Archive of Railway Signalling & People
Winchcombe
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Other FARSAP videos on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway
Video Credits
| Filmed by: | Derek Young, James & Isabelle Piper |
| Filmed in: | September 2018 |
| Archive Photographs: | Ken Booth, Peter Jordan (both SRS Copyright), Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway archives. |
| Narrator: | Neil Mackay |
| Signaller / Signalling Department Manager: | Robin Walker |
| Operations Manager: | Neil Carr |
| Video Editor: | Derek Young |
Key Chronology
| 1904-1906 | Honeybourne Line opened by Great Western Railway as far as Toddington. |
| 1905 | Line extended and Winchcombe station opened. |
| 1906 | Remaining section through to Cheltenham opened. |
| 1960 | Passenger services withdrawn, Winchcombe station closed. |
| 1977 | Line closed. |
| 1984 | Gloucester Warwickshire Railway commenced operations at Toddington. |
| 1987 | Line reopened betwwen Toddington and Winchcombe. Hall Green signal box reconstructed at Winchcombe with lever frame from Honeybourne West Loop. |
| 2003 | Line reopened between Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse. |
| 2018 | Line reopened between Broadway and Toddington. |
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