Description
The station has two platforms in use. The former Tetbury bound platform remains but the track has been lifted. The building on the down platform (no. 2) has been out of use for several years, containing toilets and a waiting room, which are still in situ. On the former Cirencester platform, a short stub of track remains for the occasional stabling of track machines. This ends at a buffer stop just before the station car park.
The station has a ticket office on platform 1, which open Mondays to Saturdays from 6:40am until lunchtime; for all other times the station is unstaffed. During the times the station is manned, the toilets are open.
There is also a small café selling newspapers, coffee and bacon rolls, this also being only open for the morning rush hour.
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