1877 - 1891 William Orton 1891 - 1901 (formerly station master at Redditch) Richard William Mapp 1902 - 1903 (formerly station master at Belper, afterwards station master at Leicester) John Henry Garton 1903 - 1908 (formerly station master at Kettering) H.L. Bailey 1908 - 1925 (formerly station master at Bath) William Hardy 1925 - 1927 (formerly station master at Willenhall, afterwards station master at Lincoln) James Davies 1927 - 1928 (formerly station master at Bath) Douglas Harold Day 1928 - 1931 (afterwards station master at Stoke on Trent) Walter James Burfitt 1931 - 1938 Harry James King 1938 - 1946 (formerly station master at Evesham) Alfred John Pickthorne 1946 - 1950 Description At , Gloucester has the second-longest platform in the UK — the longest is Colchester's platform at 2034 ft (620 m), albeit Gloucester has the longest unbroken platform, as Colchester's is two different physical platforms. The platform was lengthened as part of the 1977 rebuilding by British Rail and was intended to handle two InterCity 125 trains at the same time. These trains were put into service on the Western Region London Paddington to Cheltenham Spa services at this time and all services were handled by the same platform. The ticket office just inside the station entrance is open for most of the day, seven days a week. There is a Costa Coffee outlet on the main concourse of the station. Planned redevelopment In 2018, the government approved a £3.75 million redesign of the station with the backing of GFirst and Gloucester City Council but the funds were unavailable until April 2020. In February 2019, the council began a £425,000 redesign of the station. The project includes a new underpass and access, redesigned forecourt and cladding. Services The station is served by several operators. Transport for Wales operates an hourly local service (with an hourly gap every three hours during off-peak periods) between Maesteg, , Cardiff Central, and Cheltenham Spa. CrossCountry operates an hourly Cardiff Central - Nottingham via Birmingham New Street service. Great Western Railway operates an hourly service to London Paddington via the Golden Valley Line on Mon-Sat. On Sundays, Hourly Service to Swindon with 3 services a day to Paddington . They also operate an hourly Westbury and Bristol Temple Meads to Gloucester service, with 2-hourly extensions to Cheltenham, Worcester and Great Malvern which include two daily services to and from Weymouth. There is a