Toddington railway station

[10] The fruit was processed in a nearby trading estate established by T W Beach & Sons in 1883, where it was put into tins and shipped out again; coffee was also dealt with in a similar way.

[13] Opposite the main building on the down platform was a small passenger waiting shelter and a large water tank which drew its supply from the Stanway Estate.

[12] Initially, they were a Mondays-only service from Swansea to Leamington Spa and Wolverhampton to Tintern, but became more regular following the opening of the North Warwickshire Line in July 1908.

[14] Toddington closed to passenger traffic on 7 March 1960,[6] leaving the goods yard in use until 2 September 1967[18] after which the weigh house and fruit packing shed were demolished.

[19] With the line remaining open to goods and diversionary traffic, the platforms were cut away by April 1968 to facilitate the out-of-gauge loads which used the route.

[25] The signal box was included in the compound, although its lever frame had been purchased and removed by the Gwili Railway a few days earlier just as the lease negotiations were being finalised.

[29] The station was inspected by Major Rose of Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate on 21 March 1984 and authorisation was given for operation of a 2-coach push and pull train over a ¼-mile section of track as far as Didbrook Bridge.

[30] The official reopening of the station took place on 22 April 1984 when Nicholas Ridley, the local MP, cut the tape on Easter Sunday.

The main station building as viewed from Platform 2
The station footbridge
The main station building as viewed from the car park.
Two Class 14 Diesels at Toddington, Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, 1993
Steam Locomotives on both of Toddington's double tracks, May 2023.