page_title: Golden Valley line
hierarchical_section_title: Golden Valley line
caption_attribution_description: English: GWR Class 800 on the Golden Valley line next to the canal in Stroud.
context_page_description: The Golden Valley line is the popular name given to the railway line between Swindon and Gloucester or Cheltenham Spa in England.
  The line was originally built as the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in the 1840s. It was opened between Swindon and Kemble, along with a branch line to Cirencester, in 1841. It took a further four years before the remainder of the line, including the tunnel at Sapperton, was completed.
  The line diverges from the Great Western Main Line at Swindon. After passing through the Sapperton tunnel and down the Golden Valley to Stroud, it joins the Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street main line at Standish Junction, just north of Stonehouse.
context_section_description: The Golden Valley line is the popular name given to the railway line between Swindon and Gloucester or Cheltenham Spa in England.
  The line was originally built as the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway in the 1840s. It was opened between Swindon and Kemble, along with a branch line to Cirencester, in 1841.  It took a further four years before the remainder of the line, including the tunnel at Sapperton, was completed.
  The line diverges from the Great Western Main Line at Swindon. After passing through the Sapperton tunnel and down the Golden Valley to Stroud, it joins the Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street main line at Standish Junction, just north of Stonehouse.
caption: Class 800 on the Golden Valley line
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