Leckhampton station opened on 1st June 1881 along with the Bourton-on-the-water to Cheltenham stretch of the Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway.  Originally single track throughout, the Andoversford to Cheltenham section was doubled in 1902.  Upon the introduction of the Newcastle - Swansea express service the station was renamed "Cheltenham South & Leckhampton" as the trains would take the Gloucester bound loop at Hatherley and so avoid reversal at Cheltenham itself.  At least it would call at somewhere in Cheltenham!      The "Port to ports express" as it was known, ceased to run at the onset of WWII and when re-introduced after the war it had been diverted away to run via Oxford.  1952 saw the station renamed yet again to become just "Cheltenham Leckhampton".       The end came in the evening of Saturday 15th October 1962 when the last passenger train called on it's return from Kingham.  Goods services on the line ceased at the same time.

A GWR "Metro" tank arrives at Leckhampton with a Cheltenham bound service c 1910. From a commercial postcard

A general view of the station from the Leckhampton Road taken at the same time From a commercial postcard

A Kingham bound service approaches the station under the Leckhampton Road bridge From a commercial postcard

Plan of the station

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