Littleton and Badsey railway station

Littleton and Badsey
Location	South Littleton, Wychavon England
Coordinates	52°06′09″N 1°53′36″W / 52.1024°N 1.8934°W / 52.1024; -1.8934Coordinates: 52°06′09″N 1°53′36″W / 52.1024°N 1.8934°W / 52.1024; -1.8934
Grid reference	SP073448
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
21 April 1884[1]	Opened
3 January 1966 (1966-01-03)	Closed

Littleton and Badsey railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, near the town of Evesham, Worcestershire in England. It served the villages of Badsey, South Littleton, Middle Littleton and North Littleton.

The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 21 April 1884^[2] The 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways listed the station for closure, and British Railways closed the station on 3 January 1966.

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (centre) railways in the vicinity of Littleton and Badsey

Littleton and Badsey was one of the stations Flanders and Swann mentioned in song Slow Train, which was written in response to The Reshaping of British Railways and released in 1963.

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• Littleton and Badsey Station on navigable 1946 O.S. map
• Littleton and Badsey station

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