Hayes Knoll railway station

Hayes Knoll
Hayes Knoll
Station on heritage railway
	Hayes Knoll railway station
Location	Hayes Knoll, Swindon; England
Coordinates	51°36′49″N 1°50′49″W / 51.61348°N 1.84692°WCoordinates: 51°36′49″N 1°50′49″W / 51.61348°N 1.84692°W
Grid reference	SU106905
Managed by	Swindon and Cricklade Railway
Platforms	1

Railway lines in Swindon

Legend

Highworth branch line

Great Western Main Line
to London

Stratton Park Halt

Stratton St Margaret Works

Midland & Sth Western Jn Rly
to Cheltenham

Midland & Sth Western Jn Rly
to Southampton

Chiseldon Camp Halt

Swindon

Rushey Platt

Purton

Golden Valley line

Wootton Bassett Junction

South Wales Main Line
to Swansea

Great Western Main Line
to Bristol

Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England.

Hayes Knoll station was built, with an engineering workshop and locomotive shed, at a place where the original railway trackbed between Swindon and Cricklade includes an additional piece of land in railway ownership. It thus provides an initial destination for trains from Blunsdon railway station, plus engineering facilities required to operate the railway. There is no access to Hayes Knoll station except by train.

The locomotive depot consists of 5 'roads' that are accessed by means of a headshunt to the north of the depot where Hayes Oak sidings are. The Second road is primarily for the use of steam locomotives and as such has two inspection pits (one indoors, one outdoors), a watering column and areas to drop ash, store tools and keep wood. The rest of the roads are for the use of both carriages and locomotives. The roads outside the depot building are mainly for storage of wagons required to run the depot such as wagon mounted water and diesel tanks, the septic tank for the toilets, coal wagons and other items of rolling stock necessary to keep the depot functioning.

Preceding station	Heritage railways		Following station
Terminus		Swindon & Cricklade Railway	Blunsdon
	Proposed Heritage railways
Cricklade Line and station closed		Swindon & Cricklade Railway	Blunsdon Line and station open

Hayes Knoll railway station

References[]