Kemble

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Kemble

Station code: KEM National Rail
Where: West and South West England, England
Opened on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway).
Opened on the Tetbury Branch (Great Western Railway).




Chronology Dates

31/05/1841Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway)
Swindon to Kemble to Cirencester Town opened. Stations on this section at: Purton, Minety and Ashton Keynes, Oaksey Halt, Kemble and Cirencester Town.
12/05/1845Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway (Great Western Railway)
Kemble to Gloucester (Standish Junction) opened. Stations on this section at: Tetbury Road, Brimscombe, Stroud and Stonehouse [Gloucestershire]. Standish Junction to Gloucester was owned by the Midland Railway.

News items

28/01/2020Plans for Cirencester to Kemble railway are a step closer [Gloucestershire Live]
26/11/2012Work on Kemble to Swindon railway line starts [BBC News]