Abandoned Cheltenham Railway Andoversford Station

Forgotten Cheltenham Railways Andoversford Station. A look really at what if anything is left. An original photo provides the motivation for this search; it contains various points of interest which we may just be able to locate. Among these are a pine tree, a road bridge over the old A40, a substantial embankment, and of course Andoversford Station itself. It looks like hard work, as a housing estate has been built over the main station site, but there are a few clues here and there, our old favourite the railway sleeper fencepost is probably the most prominent.
The railway having come from Cheltenham, divided here with one branch heading through the Cotswolds to Notgrove, Bourton and Stow, before joining the main line at Kingham. The other branch line meanwhile headed south through Swindon, and eventually reaching Southampton. This branch line was known as the ‘Midland South Western Junction Railway’ and it allowed traders in the Midlands to get their goods to the channel port and thus out to the wide world. Well Europe anyway.
This is probably not the best time of year to go looking for abandoned railways (June) as the undergrowth is at its peak, but at least it is dry. I wonder how many people living in these locations actually realise that there was a thriving railway running through here in the days of steam.