Littleton and Badsey railway station explained

Littleton and Badsey
Status:Disused
Borough:South Littleton, Wychavon
Country:England
Coordinates:52.1024°N -1.8934°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Great Western Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:21 April 1884[1]
Events:Opened
Events1: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 was located in Blackminster, and served the villages of Badsey and the Littletons (North and Middle Littleton and South 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.

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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Notes and References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 279
  2. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 279