Cheltenham Spa railway station
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| Cheltenham Spa station | |||
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| Place | Cheltenham | ||
| Local authority | Cheltenham | ||
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| Station code | CNM | ||
| Managed by | First Great Western | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
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| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 1.037 million | ||
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Cheltenham Spa railway station is a railway station serving the Cotswold town of Cheltenham Spa, England. The station is located on the main Bristol-Birmingham line; however the station is not situated right in the town centre. In the past there were 7 stations in Cheltenham: St. James', Lansdown, Charlton Kings, and others.
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[edit] Current services and station facilitates
The station is served by several operators:
- First Great Western operate an hourly Cheltenham-Swindon with 2-hourly extensions to London Paddington. These services are provided via the Golden Valley Line of Stonehouse, Stroud and Kemble
- First Great Western also operate local hourly Taunton-Cheltenham services, some of which are extended to and from Great Malvern
- Virgin Trains serve the town with services to Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter, Plymouth and Penzance to the south, and Birmingham, Leeds, York, Edinburgh, Manchester and Glasgow among other destinations to the north
- Central Trains serve the town as part of their Cardiff-Nottingham Citylink service
Cheltenham Spa station is served on Mondays to Fridays by:
- about 8 trains every hour
- a 2-hourly service to/from Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, Worcester & Great Malvern
- an hourly service to/from Swindon with 2-hourly extensions to London
- an hourly service to/from Taunton & Bristol
- an hourly service to/from Cardiff & Nottingham
- a half-hourly cross-country service operated by Virgin Trains
- 3 trains an hour to/from Gloucester
The station has a ticket office, located just inside the station entrance on the car-park side, which is open for most of the day 7 days a week.
There is another ticket office at the top of the stairs of platform 2 for northbound trains, open in the morning peak Monday-Friday selling tickets for the day's travel.
Ticket machines can be found at the top of the stairs on platform 1 and inside the booking hall.
Snacks and drinks are available on both platforms.
[edit] Greater Western franchise new timetable from December 2006
First Great Western's timetable changes have brought in a number of improvements for train services at Cheltenham, including:
- A new hourly clockface timetable between Cheltenham & Swindon, with trains every 2 hours during the day continuing to Reading & London, thus also giving an extra train an hour to/from Gloucester. This timetable also gives Stonehouse, Stroud & Kemble a solid hourly train.
- All Weston-Super-Mare to Great Malvern local journeys will extend to Taunton with some to Exeter, giving an hourly service at Highbridge & Burnham & Bridgwater. A constant 2-hourly timetable to Ashchurch, Worcester & Great Malvern has been kept. A new hourly-clockface service at Cam & Dursley has also been introduced.
[edit] Further service changes at Cheltenham
In 2007, the Central Trains franchise will end and will be split up into the Cross Country Franchise route and other routes as well. Further changes to services can be expected then.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Cheltenham Spa railway station from National Rail
- Map and aerial photo of Cheltenham Spa railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Gloucester | Central Trains Cardiff-Nottingham |
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | ||
| Gloucester | First Great Western Intercity services Golden Valley Line |
Terminus | ||
| Gloucester | First Great Western Local services Taunton/Exeter - Great Malvern |
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | ||
| Gloucester | First Great Western Local services Golden Valley Line |
Terminus | ||
| Gloucester | First Great Western Local services Cheltenham-Swindon-Westbury |
Terminus | ||
| Gloucester 1 train a day to/from Gloucester |
Virgin Trains Cross-Country Route |
Birmingham New Street | ||
| Bristol Parkway | Virgin Trains Cross-Country Route |
Birmingham New Street | ||
 Railway stations in Gloucestershire |
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| Mainline: |
Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester |
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| On the Golden Valley Line: |
Kemble - Stonehouse - Stroud |
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| On the Bristol-Birmingham Line: | ||
| Others: | ||
 Heritage railway stations in Gloucestershire |
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| Dean Forest Railway: |
Lydney Junction - Lydney Town - Norchard - Parkend - St Mary's Halt - Whitecroft |
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| Glos-Warks Railway: |
Cheltenham Racecourse - Gotherington - Toddington - Winchcombe |
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