Stroud railway station
Stroud railway station serves the market town of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. It is a stop on the Gloucester–Swindon Golden Valley Line and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is located west of.
History
The station was opened on 12 May 1845 with the opening of the Kemble to Gloucester section of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, later part of the Great Western Railway. For a period between 1886 and 1947, when Stroud had two passenger railway stations, it was known as Stroud Great Western, Stroud Russell Street or Stroud Central. Stroud's second station, Stroud Wallbridge, was the terminus of a short branch line from the Midland Railway's Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, and freight services were always more important there than passengers.In 1905, the Great Western Railway inaugurated a motor bus service between Stroud and Painswick, similar to systems in operation at other places such as Penzance and Slough. The services were operated by Mills Daimler vehicles with 22hp petrol engines, capable of carrying 22 passengers. The journey time was around 30 minutes.
Stationmasters
- Mr. Taylor, ca. 1854
- William John Hamilton Notter, 1858–1862
- John Parkinson, 1862–1866
- Thomas Smith, 1866–1869
- John Robert Ward, 1869–1876
- Lawrence Henry Nolan, 1876–1897
- Richard Roberts, 1897–1909
- George Libby, 1909–1915
- W.P. Roberts, 1915–1916
- T. Cobourne, 1916–1919
- W.H. Reed, 1919–1925
- A.M. Taylor, 1925–1926
- Mr. Mason, ca. 1926
- C.W. Wilson, ca. 1930–1936
- George Edwin Howell, 1936–1942
- W.J. Hough, 1943–ca. 1950