Alcester railway station
Alcester | |
|---|---|
 The station in June 1962 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon England |
| Coordinates | 52°13′01″N 1°52′39″W / 52.2169°N 1.8776°W |
| Grid reference | SP083576 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Evesham and Redditch Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 17 September 1866 | Opened[1] |
| 1 October 1962 | Final train[1] |
| 17 June 1963 | Closed to passengers[1][2] |
| 6 June 1964 | Closed[1] |
Alcester was a railway station serving Alcester in the English county of Warwickshire.
History
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Opened by the Evesham and Redditch Railway, and joining the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.
For a while the station was the junction of a Great Western Railway line to Bearley.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coughton | London Midland and Scottish Railway Evesham loop line |
Wixford | ||
| Terminus | Great Western Railway Alcester to Bearley Line |
Great Alne |
The site today
[edit]The station house is lived in and has been extended. The goods shed has now been demolished. The former railway alignment is now occupied by a housing estate.
References
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
Further reading
[edit]- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 78-87. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542.
External links
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