Stourport-on-Severn railway station

Former railway station in Worcestershire, England

52°20′42″N 2°16′27″W / 52.3449°N 2.2743°W / 52.3449; -2.2743Grid referenceSO814718Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companySevern Valley RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1862Opened[1]1934Renamed Stourport-on-Severn1970Closed[1]

Stourport-on-Severn railway station was the main station in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

The station, originally named 'Stourport', opened on 1 February 1862 as part of the Severn Valley Railway. It had two platforms and a passing loop from opening.[2] It was renamed Stourport-on-Severn in October 1934, possibly to avoid confusion with the nearby town of Stourbridge.[3]

The station closed when passenger services between Hartlebury and Bewdley were withdrawn on 5 January 1970. Although the line to Hartlebury remained open to coal traffic to the former Stourport Power Station until 1982 when it was closed after closure of the power station.[4]

The site is now occupied by housing development although there is a footpath on the former line to Hartlebury and towards the former Stourport Power Station. The trackbed towards Bewdley is now hemmed in by modern development but it's still is traceable on some maps.

References

  1. ^ a b "Stourport-on-Severn Station". Historic England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 121. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.
  3. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 89. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.
  4. ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 164. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 4-8. ISBN 9781906008109. OCLC 154801530.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Burlish Halt
Line and station closed 		  Great Western Railway
Severn Valley Railway 		  Hartlebury
Line closed- station open

External links

  • "Bewdley to Hartlebury Junction Disused Railway". Shropshire Railways, YouTube video.
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Tenbury and Bewdley RailwayWorcester, Bromyard and Leominster RailwayWorcester and Hereford RailwayTewkesbury and Malvern RailwaySevern Valley RailwayOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton RailwayBirmingham and Gloucester RailwayGloucester loop lineHoneybourne Line


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