Gloucester railway station

Gloucester
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 / 51.865; -2.239
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
2018/19	1.521 million
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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.^[1]

The station was built originally 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; thus means that Great Western Railway services must reverse, while CrossCountry and Transport for Wales services continue to Newport.