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Facilities at Mangotsfield were very limited. When the station opened there was nothing apart from a platform either side of the two running lines. The western "up" platform served trains towards Gloucester, and the eastern "down" platform served trains towards Bristol.<ref name="Oakley"/>{{rp|page=95}} A shelter was added to the up platform in 1848, and a brick station building was built separate from the platforms, however no [[electrical telegraph]] system was provided.<ref name="Oakley">{{cite book|title=Gloucestershire Railway Stations|author=Oakley, Mike|year=2003|publisher=The Dovecote Press|location=[[Wimborne Minster|Wimbourne, Dorset]]|isbn=1-904349-24-2|pages=8–10, 95–97, 123, 142, 155}}</ref>{{rp|page=95}}<ref name="collision1861WDP"/> There were extensive sidings north of the station.<ref name="collision1861WDP"/>
By the time the station at Mangotsfield opened, the Bristol and Gloucester Railway had effectively become part of the [[Midland Railway]], however the official handover was 7 May, six days after the station opened.<ref name=MaggsGlos>{{cite book|title=Gloucestershire Railways|author=Maggs, Colin G|year = 2010|location=[[Wellington, Somerset]]|publisher=Halsgrove|isbn=978 1 84114 913 4}}</ref><ref name="maggs21">{{cite book|title=Rail Centres: Bristol (#21)|author=Maggs, Colin G|author-link=Colin Maggs|year=2008|orig-year=First published 1981|publisher=Booklaw Publications|location=[[Nottingham]]|edition=3rd|pages=8, 33|isbn=1-901945-30-8}}</ref>{{rp|page=8}} The station had an initial passenger service of six trains per day each way between Bristol and {{rws|Gloucester}}. Following the conversion of the line to [[Dual gauge|dual broad and standard gauge]] in 1854, passenger trains were all standard gauge, which allowed direct services to {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}. Occasional broad gauge goods trains operated until 1882.<ref name="maggspanorama"/>{{rp|page=79}}<ref name="maggs21"/>{{rp|page=33}}
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