Avon and Gloucestershire Railway

The Avon and Gloucestershire Railway was a British railway company in Gloucestershire.

The Company received on June 19, 1828 the right to build a tram with a track width of 1422 mm ( 4 foot, 8 inches). The 8.5 km long route led from the banks of the Avon above Keynsham north to the coal mines at Rodway Hill, Mangotsfield.

The line was built with the financial support of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway and was owned by the Kennet and Avon Canal Society. A first 4 km long section was available on 10 January 1831 the remaining part with the connection to the Br & GR was put into operation on June 5.

With the acquisition of the channel by the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1851 the railway company came to the GWR.