Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road railway station

The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 30 March 1908, as Cheltenham Malvern Road. It was provided so that trains along the line to Stratford-upon-Avon would not have to start and terminate at Cheltenham Spa St. James, which involved a reversal. The station took its name from the road to the north from which a long driveway provided the main means of public access. Unlike the other stations on the line, Malvern Road had a single island platform, 860 feet long on the Up side and 702 feet on the Down side, which was reached by means of a covered footbridge leading from the booking office. The platform served both main running lines, together with a bay at the north end into which local branch railmotor services to and from Honeybourne reversed before returning to the St. James terminus, which was much closer to Cheltenham town centre. Malvern Road did not have a resident stationmaster, and it was placed under the responsibility of the St. James stationmaster who also took charge of Cheltenham High Street Halt and Cheltenham Racecourse stations. Stone from the Cleeve Hill quarries was used in the station buildings, while the platform copings were sourced from Pontypridd.

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