Gloucester railway station
Gloucester railway station in October 2019 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Gloucester, City of Gloucester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°51′54″N 2°14′20″W / 51.865°N 2.239°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SO836185 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | GCR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 4 November 1840 | Birmingham line opened | ||||
| 8 July 1844 | C&GWUR opened | ||||
| 19 September 1851 | G&DFR opened | ||||
| 1 December 1975 | Former MR Eastgate station closed | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 1.547 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.395 million | ||||
| Interchange | 9,535 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 1.214 million | ||||
| Interchange | 34,343 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.453 million | ||||
| Interchange | 63,110 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.577 million | ||||
| Interchange | 122,591 | ||||
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Gloucester, formerly known as Gloucester Central, is a railway station serving the city of Gloucester in England. It is located 114 miles 4 chains (183.5 km) west of London Paddington, via Stroud.
The station was originally built as the terminus of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840; the arrival of the broad-gauge Bristol and Gloucester Railway and Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in 1844, and then conversion to a through station for the South Wales Railway in 1851, resulted in a very complex layout. Subsequent closures and rationalisation have left Gloucester with a station that is located off the main Bristol-Birmingham line; this means that Great Western Railway services must reverse, while CrossCountry and Transport for Wales services continue to Newport.