Embankment of disused GWR Highworth branch line
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Embankment of disused GWR Highworth branch line
Image: © Vieve Forward Taken: 6 Mar 2012
The disused Great Western Railways (GWR) Highworth branch line between Kingsdown Road and Kingsdown Lane. It was built by the Swindon and Highworth Light Railway Company who sold it to the GWR before the first train ran because of faults they could not afford to repair. The first train ran in 1883. The line above Kingsdown Junction was closed in 1962, the remaining line to Swindon (of which this is a part) in 1964. This picture was taken looking towards the disused railway trackbed. It shows the remains of some stone walling, probably built to reinforce the embankment. http://www.highworth.freeuk.com/history.htm
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51.597685
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-1.74817