Corsham railway station served the town of Corsham in Wiltshire, England, between 1841 and 1965. History The station was on the Great Western Railway main line from London to Bristol and was opened when the Chippenham to Bath section opened in June 1841. The station was situated in a cutting to the south of the town, with the main station building at the top of the cutting on the town side. There were small shelters with canopies on each of the two platforms. Passengers accessed the up platform using a path, and the down platform from the footbridge. The Station Hotel was situated alongside the main station building. Corsham had extensive and much-used sidings on both sides of the track to the west of the station, with a goods shed and a loading dock. The main goods traffic was stone from the quarries under Box Hill, which was brought to the lineside by a tramway system of gauge. The sidings led right up to the mouth of Box Tunnel, whose eastern portal is less than from the station. A main line siding also extended to an underground wharf in Corsham Down Quarry near the tunnel. Passenger services were withdrawn from Corsham with the end of stopping services between Swindon and Bath in January 1965. Goods traffic had ended in June 1963, though the siding with the loading dock remained in place until 1978. Of the station structures, only the goods shed now remains; the footbridge is still in place as part of a footpath across the main line. Stationmasters On 4 May 1926 the Superintendent for the Bristol Division reported to G.W.R. H.Q at Paddington that the station master at Corsham had withdrawn his labour in support of the General Strike. At the conclusion of the strike, he was moved to Bristol as a booking clerk. Charles Lanham 1859 – 1897 William Tavinor 1897 – 1898 (afterwards station master at Chepstow) John Toy 1898 – ca. 1915 (formerly station master at Chepstow) Thomas Morgan 1915 – 1926 (joined the General Strike and was demoted) Bruce Conrad Saxon 1926 – 1935 (afterwards station master at Highbridge) William C. William 1935 – 1939 Cyril Boundy 1941 - 1951 (afterwards station master at Barnstaple) D.R. Widdows 1951 – 1956 (afterwards station master at Melksham) R.M. Ludgate from 1956 Reopening As the town has grown, reinstating the station has been suggested since at least