EPW024156 ENGLAND (1928). Central Station, Eastgate Station and railway sidings, Gloucester, 1928

I believe this is the bridge with notices at both ends asking for squads of soldiers to break step so as there will not be vibration damage done to the bridge.

Prince St.

Railway Mission Hall

Magdala Road

Jersey Road

Millbrook Street

Napier Street

Widden Street

St. John's Church

Cathedral Church of St. Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity

Gloucester Central Station GWR

Eastgate Station LMS (ex Midland Railway)

Gloucester cattle market.

Kingsholm rugby ground, home of Gloucester Rugby Club.

A small section of this slightly sloping, blue brick retaining wall is the only readily detectable surviving feature of all the mass of historic Midland Railway infrastructure seen in this view. The GWR has fared rather better, with much of the Central Station up platform remaining as well as the station subway.

1956. If this distant shot shows the railway line to South Wales, it was also the line to Northwest England. On occasions when Sunday travel from Bristol was necessary, the Severn Tunnel would be closed for essential maintenance. This meant a ride via Gloucester, with a very different view through the beautiful scenery from Grange Court by the single tracked line to Ross on Wye, and thence to Hereford to rejoin the route north to Crewe.

Walkway between Central and Eastgate Stations

Junction of London Road and Great Western Road