It was a good thing we had plenty of time to stop and explore Kemble station, as it has a lot of features, many intact from its days as a junction rather than a through station.
The front of the station seen from the car park:
The canopy on the front of the station building, with the ticket office (closed at the time of our visit) in the building on the left:
The sign on the canopy on the front of the station:
On the right of the previous photo an archway leads onto platform 1, for trains southbound towards Swindon:
Beyond the ticket office building on the left, next to the post box, is the entrance to this concourse area:
Further along platform 1 is a gateway to this garden:
A plaque names the garden:
In the garden, looking towards the station concourse:
Finally, beyond the entrance to the footbridge it is possible to see a disused platform, which was until 1965 the branch line to nearby Cirencester:
A view of the disused platform showing the station building and garden railings on the left:
Looking north along the platform beside the garden railings:
The former line to Cirencester ends at these buffers, from which we look back at the station and disused platform:
Looking southeast from the end of platform 1:
A footbridge links the two sides of the station:
From the end of the footbridge is this view of the station building and concourse roof:
Inside
the footbridge:
Looking southeast from the footbridge:
Looking west (well, more like north) from the footbridge:
On the other side of the line, on platform 2, for norhtbound trains via Stroud to Gloucester:
Looking at the station from the southern end of platform 2:
The gate leading out from platform 2:
The car park to the rear of platform 2:
Platform 2 also has an adjacent disused platform, this one the former branch line to Tetbury. This wooden gate bars the way from platform 2:
The buildings on platform 2 are not used, and the doorways beyond the gate are boarded up:
The rear of the station building on platform 2 can be seen from the car park:
On platform 2 the old disused platform is visible to the right:
Looking northwest along the line from platform 1:
The water tower, at the northern end of platform 2:
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