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« Reply #34 on: February 09, 2025, 21:54:45 »

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      Those concrete sleepers are about 70 yrs old !
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« Reply #35 on: February 09, 2025, 22:02:25 »
Quote from: AMLAG on February 09, 2025, 21:54:45

... Those concrete sleepers are about 70 yrs old !


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Only 2 (numbers 9 and 24) left to identify ...and a lovely reminder of places to visit again this year.    Once those two are identified, I'll repost the whole list
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« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2025, 12:32:26 »
Quote from: grahame on February 08, 2025, 23:28:25
Quote from: Mark A on February 08, 2025, 19:30:43
My home station the year my final YP railcard expired.*

Most memorable use of Kemble station ....

Kemble is a really interesting case of a station quite outsized for the limited population in walking distance. 

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**Electric-assist bikes enter the chat**

Given the 5 mile separation, even though Cirencester's tiny (~20,000), a Cirencester to Kemble station good quality 4 metre width off road route is a no-brainer - reusing the branch would involve getting creative at the Cirencester end of things, given the encroachment of industrial estates and a couple of not-so-minor road flat crossings.

On the plus side, the missing A429 bridge site is ideal for a replacement at height, and a couple of other of the line's structures are strikingly well built, are early examples of GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) masonry work and also deserving of listing.

A Cirencester-Kemble route is the sort of thing that should be funded by a levy of what would be small change from the extensive gravel extraction that's within a stone's throw there and which has utterly changed the landscape beyond recognition.

Also... *glares at Tetbury*... population ~6500 and growing, and c.8 miles from Kemble.

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