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27-1017: Hailes may refer to: Places [ edit ] Hailes, Gloucestershire , England, the location of Hailes Abbey Hailes Castle , the castle in East Lothian, Scotland Hailles , a commune in the Picardy region of France Wester Hailes , Edinburgh, Scotland People [ edit ] Nathaniel Hailes (1802–1879), early settler in South Australia Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell , 2nd Lord Hailes Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Hailes Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes Lady Hailes Other [ edit ] Hailes (ball game)

54-472: A distance of about 1 mile. However, beyond here major and costly engineering works would be required to extend the trackbed further south. The primary impediments are firstly a bowstring bridge over Honeybourne Way (at 51°54′09″N 2°05′11″W  /  51.9024°N 2.0864°W  / 51.9024; -2.0864 ), built in 2002 to allow continued access by bicycle along the old trackbed alignment to Cheltenham Leisure Centre when planning permission

81-507: Is 4.5 miles long, the bridges have not been removed or filled, and there are no plans to fill or remove them. However, they are in a very poor state and would cost a significant amount to restore; additionally, the DfT has indicated that it would not grant permission for the GWSR to purchase the trackbed and to take on liability for the bridges. When the GWSR was first formed, it intended to purchase

108-586: Is a Scottish ball game Hailes Halt railway station , a former station near Edinburgh Lordship and Barony of Hailes , a Scottish feudal lordship Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hailes . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hailes&oldid=1136864506 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

135-619: Is a volunteer-run heritage railway which runs along the Gloucestershire / Worcestershire border of the Cotswolds in England. The GWSR has restored and reopened around 14 miles (23 km) of track, operating between Cheltenham Race Course and Broadway . The most recent extension to Broadway (completed in 2018) involved the company raising £1.38 million. The 28-mile return trip on steam and heritage diesel trains follows part of

162-470: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hailes, Gloucestershire Hailes was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, in the form Heile . The toponym is of unknown origin. One toponymist has suggested that the name derives from an unrecorded British name for the stream flowing through the village, Saliā ("the dirty one"). In

189-436: The 11th or early 12th century, Hailes Castle was built here, but was probably demolished in the 1240s to make way for the construction of Hailes Abbey. Hailes was a chapelry of the ancient parish of Didbrook , and became a separate parish in 1837. In 1866 it became a civil parish . On 1 April 1935 the civil parish of Hailes was abolished, and most of it was absorbed into the parish of Stanway . Between 1928 and 1960

216-570: The 693-yard (634 m) long Greet Tunnel, and past the villages of Gretton , Gotherington and Bishops Cleeve . The line to Cheltenham Race Course was re-opened by Princess Anne in 2003. The latest extension of the line, to Broadway, opened in March 2018. The GWSR runs trains from March to the end of December, with the line closing during January and February as well as November for line and locomotive maintenance. The GWSR runs regular train services every weekend, plus most weekdays from Easter to

243-577: The church are fine 14th century wall paintings depicting St Catherine and St Christopher, on the north wall, and St Margaret and coursing scenes, on the south. The church is a Grade I listed building . The church is part of the Winchcombe benefice and occasional services are held. [REDACTED] Media related to Hailes, Gloucestershire at Wikimedia Commons Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWR, GWSR or Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway)

270-469: The end of October, and some weekends are used to host special events including steam and diesel galas, Wartime in the Cotswolds, Real Ale Weekends and Santa Specials. The railway operates a wide variety of both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, as well as heritage DMUs . These have included the world-famous locomotive 4472 "Flying Scotsman" and equally famous 3440 "City of Truro" , which, in 1904,

297-428: The entire line from Cheltenham Racecourse to Stratford Racecourse. However, when applying for the required Light Railway Order, the group were informed that they were unlikely to be granted the order for 25 miles when they had no experience of running a railway. A reduced application for the 15 miles from Cheltenham Race Course to Broadway was successful and track has since been laid and operations begun. Since this time,

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324-410: The line, and a new-built platform-mounted one at Broadway, with the frame parts all acquired and assembled: Download coordinates as: Encouraged by support from Cheltenham Borough Council, which has both given the railway direct funds and placed protected status on the former line's trackbed south from Cheltenham Race Course to Cheltenham Spa, the railway could at some point connect to Network Rail in

351-419: The line. It was deemed unlikely that the line south of Gotherington would reopen before July 2011, but donations ensured that the work could be carried out promptly, and it was reopened on 22 April 2011. In January 2011 the railway was damaged by another landslip just east of Winchcombe station at Chicken Curve. The landslip severed the railway in two; it was very similar to the one at Gotherington, but closer to

378-470: The middle of the route. It was estimated that the cost of the repair work would be £850,000; funds for the repair were successfully raised. During the repair period a DMU service was run from Toddington up to the extension at Laverton; since the earlier Gotherington slip had been repaired, steam trains ran from Winchcombe to Cheltenham Race Course, the steam locomotive maintenance facilities temporarily being transferred to Winchcombe. The Chicken Curve landslip

405-577: The public on 30 March 2018. In December 2021 the railway returned to running a standard timetable after the removal of Coronavirus restrictions. The route consists of single line sections with passing places at the major stations. All stations and loops are signalled using GWR lower quadrant semaphore signals . The signalling on the line is a mixture of Electric Key Token (EKT) and One Train Staff working, depending on operational requirements. Current sections are: There are four signal boxes along

432-422: The road. There is space alongside the bowstring bridge for the railway, but there is no way to avoid the work necessary to get railway vehicles beneath St Georges Road. An alternative connection to Network Rail close to Swindon Village was also discussed in 2018 in conjunction with developing Cheltenham Race Course station into a National Rail parkway railway station, although the proposal was not acknowledged in

459-661: The route of the former Great Western main line from Birmingham to Cheltenham. There is a long-term aim of extending a further 6 miles (9.7 km) from Broadway to the national rail network at Honeybourne . The line was originally part of the Great Western Railway 's Cheltenham – Stratford-upon-Avon – Birmingham line, known as the Honeybourne Line , built in 1900–1906, and runs through the Cotswold towns of Winchcombe and Bishop's Cleeve . The line

486-471: The section between Stratford and Stratford Racecourse has been utilised to improve road access around the town, especially the A4390, making reinstatement of rail to the main station at Stratford extremely difficult. In the early 2010s the GWSR was affected by two major landslips in embankments on the line, which severed the preserved line into separate sections; however, both slips have now been repaired, and

513-490: The south. The Council has backed the long-term scheme, as this would allow the railway to: Although the GWSR has extended track to (and through) Hunting Butts tunnel, a few hundred yards beyond Cheltenham Race Course station, it owns the trackbed as far as the Prince of Wales stadium at Wyman's Brook. It is likely that after completion of its extension to Broadway, laying track further into Cheltenham will happen to this point;

540-486: The subsequent Gloucestershire Local Transport Plan covering 2020–2041. The 2020 Gloucestershire Rail Strategy does advocate further assessment is made of a new Gloucestershire Parkway station but suggests a site on the existing Birmingham and Gloucester Railway close to M5 junction 11 would have the greatest benefit. GWSR (Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway) could buy the trackbed between Broadway and Honeybourne to protect it from future non-GWSR developments. The trackbed

567-469: The village was served by Hayles Abbey Halt railway station on the Honeybourne Line . The station was reopened in 2017 to serve the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway . The parish church (dedication unknown) was consecrated in 1175. It later served as the capella ante portas ( Latin for 'chapel outside the gates') to Hailes Abbey until the Abbey's dissolution in 1539. Inside

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594-545: The whole line has been fully reopened. A further landslip occurred in November 2019 just south of Gotherington station, and again was repaired. In April 2010 the GWSR suffered a landslip of an embankment near Gotherington. Train services continued despite the Gotherington landslip, but over a reduced route. The landslip forced the closure of the line south of Gotherington, including Cheltenham Race Course Station, which

621-510: Was effectively cut off. The railway continued to operate services from Toddington to Gotherington, with a locomotive at both ends of the train ("top and tailed"), as it was not possible to run the locomotive around the train at Gotherington at the time (there is now a run round loop just south of Gotherington). The railway launched a £1m appeal, both to fund the rebuilding of the embankment, and also to undertake preventative maintenance to ensure that similar problems do not happen at other points along

648-424: Was given for the redevelopment of the former Cheltenham Spa St. James station site as a Waitrose supermarket ; the bridge spans a gap in the former railway embankment which was created to provide road access to the supermarket. Secondly, a reduced-height pedestrian specification bridge carrying the footpath/railbed beneath the busy St Georges Road, which would have to be replaced to allow trains to pass beneath

675-503: Was repaired over the summer of 2012, and the GWSR was once again operational as a single unified line from Cheltenham Race Course to the site of Laverton Halt, a total of 12 route miles in length at that time. Following extended heavy rain, one side of the embankment south of Gotherington station slipped. This was first discovered in November 2019, and worsened to the extent that no trains could run in January 2020. Following remedial works,

702-506: Was run down over the years and finally closed after a derailment damaged a stretch of track in 1976, with the double track being lifted from 1979. The preservation group rehabilitated the line, starting steam train operations at Toddington in 1984 over 700 yards (640 m) of re-laid track. In 1987, the line was restored as far as Winchcombe , where the station was reconstructed using the former Monmouth Troy station building. The railway continued to re-lay track west of Winchcombe , through

729-475: Was the first engine to reach 100 mph. In 2021, the resident steam locomotives on the line were 7820 "Dinmore Manor", 28xx class 2807 (undergoing 10-year overhaul), 42xx class 4270, 7903 "Foremarke Hall" and 35006 "Peninsular & Oriental SN Co". To complement the running stock, a collection of over 210 carriages and wagons of various origins has been compiled, many of which are still being restored. The GWSR opened its extension to Broadway, Worcestershire to

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