Stratton railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Swindon, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox station | name = Stratton | status = Disused | image = File:Stratton railway station (site), Swindon (geograph 5722930).jpg | caption = The site of the station in 2018 | borough = [[Stratton St Margaret]], [[Wiltshire]] | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.5877|-1.7554|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}} | grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]] | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU170876|25|SU170876}} | platforms = | original = [[Great Western Railway]] | pregroup = Great Western Railway | postgroup = Great Western Railway | years = {{Start date|1883|05|09|df=yes}} | events = Opened | years1 = {{End date|1953|03|02|df=y}} | events1 = Closed for regular passenger trains | years2 = 3 August 1962 | events2 = complete closure }} '''Stratton railway station''' served the village of [[Stratton St Margaret]], in the historic county of [[Wiltshire]], England, from 1883 to 1953 on the [[Highworth branch line]].

==History== The station was opened on 9 May 1883 by the [[Great Western Railway]]. It closed to passengers on 2 March 1953,<ref name=Butt>{{cite book|last=Butt|first=R.V.J.|title=The Directory of Railway Stations|year=1995|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Yeovil|isbn=1-85260-508-1|id=R508|page=222}}</ref> although it was still used by employees of Swindon Works until 3 August 1962.<ref>{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=409|oclc=931112387}}</ref> Nothing remains.<ref name=StrattonStationInfo>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5722930|title=Stratton railway station (site), Swindon © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland|work=Geograph|access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>

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{{Disused Rail Start}} {{rail line|previous={{rws|Stanton}}<br>{{small|Line and station closed}}|next={{rws|Swindon}}<br>{{small|Line and station open}}|route=[[Great Western Railway]]<br>{{small|[[Highworth branch line]]}}|col={{GWR colour}} }} {{s-end}}

[[Category:Former railway stations in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1883]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953]] [[Category:1883 establishments in England]] [[Category:1962 disestablishments in England]]