In 1871, the Midland Railway published its Additional Powers document for the Gloucester and Berkeley New Docks branch. This was to start from the existing Berkeley Road station on the Gloucester to Bristol main line, to the village of Sharpness and the Gloucester and Sharpness canal. There was to be an intermediate station at Berkeley. The line opened in 1876. Fast forward in time to 1964 and the branch line closed to passengers meaning both Sharpness and Berkeley stations were redundant. This book describes the original Midland Railway Berkeley station building, how the facilities at...