Alcester railway station explained

Alcester
Status:Disused
Borough:Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon
Country:England
Coordinates:52.2169°N -1.8776°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Evesham and Redditch Railway
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Years:17 September 1866
Events:Opened[1]
Years1:1 October 1962
Events1:Final train
Years2:17 June 1963
Events2:Closed to passengers[2]
Years3:6 June 1964
Events3:Closed

Alcester was a railway station serving Alcester in the English county of Warwickshire.

History

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.


The site today

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Station Name: Alcester. Disused Stations. 24 March 2017.
  2. Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench second edition page 17.