Ashton-under-Hill railway station

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Ashton-under-Hill
Ashton-Under Hill Station - geograph.org.uk - 63722.jpg
LocationAshton under Hill, Wychavon
England
Coordinates52°02′16″N 1°59′44″W / 52.0377°N 1.9955°W / 52.0377; -1.9955Coordinates: 52°02′16″N 1°59′44″W / 52.0377°N 1.9955°W / 52.0377; -1.9955
Grid referenceSP003377
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1864Opened[1]
17 June 1963Closed[1]

Ashton-under-Hill railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It served Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire.

History[]

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1963.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Station Name: Ashton-under-Hill". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Geograph [1]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Beckford
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
Evesham loop line
  Hinton
Line and station closed

Further reading[]

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 31-36. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542.

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