Cirencester Town railway station

The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was promoted to link the towns of Cheltenham and Gloucester to the Great Western Railway at ; there was to be a branch from to Cirencester. The line was authorised on 21 June 1836, On 12 September 1874, as the first train from Kemble Junction was entering the station, the locomotive ran off the rails. No passengers were injured. On 1 July 1924, the station was renamed Cirencester Town. In 1956, some additions to the station were made by Howard Cavanagh, architect to the Western Region of British Railways. The ticket hall to the left of the main building was rebuilt using Bath stone and oak window frames to harmonise with the original. The…

The 1841 building, which was designed by Brunel and was listed as Grade II on 23 July 1971, is now owned by Cotswold District Council. It was reported to be in a poor internal condition in 2016, having been empty since 2012. The original overall roof was removed in 1874.