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Minety and Ashton Keynes railway station serving the village of Minety in Wiltshire was opened in 1841 on the former Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway line from Gloucester to Swindon: it was originally called just Minety. The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway connected to the South Wales Railway in and to the Great Western Railway at . The Cheltenham and Great Western Union and the South Wales lines were both later absorbed by the Great Western Railway, which provided the train services on the line. In 1905 the station was renamed Minety & Ashton Keynes. In 1948 the Great Western Railway was nationalised and the station thereafter was owned by British Rail. Although the line remains open the station closed in November 1964 and has been demolished, except for parts of the platforms. Trains run along the Golden Valley Line from London Paddington via , Didcot Parkway and then past the three closed stations of , Minety and to Kemble. After that it passes other closed stations to , , and . When engineering occurs in the Severn Tunnel trains from London Paddington to are diverted from the Great Western Main Line and South Wales Main Line via Bristol Parkway, to then run through Minety and via to and along the Gloucester to Newport Line through , , before rejoining the normal line at to , , , , and . Originally built as dual track, British Rail reduced the line between Kemble and Swindon to single track in 1968. Network Rail investigated the options for reinstating the second track, along with the estimated cost ''(see Golden Valley Line)''. In the 2011 Budget the Government announced that funding for the redoubling was to be provided and the work was completed in August 2014. Most passenger trains running through Minety are run by First Great Western on the track owned by Network Rail. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Minety and Ashton Keynes railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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