43186 leads the 15:33 Paddington to Cheltenham First Great Western service past the site of Coates station on 21 April 2002. Coates was the original station for the Kemble area, opening with the line in 1845 and being called Tetbury Road. The inclusion of the word road in the title was traditional GWR practice when the station was in the middle of nowhere! The present Kemble station came into use in 1872 and Tetbury Road then effectively became its goods station, changing its name to Coates in 1908. |