Stourport-on-Severn railway station explained

Stourport-on-Severn
Status:Disused
Borough:Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.3449°N -2.2743°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Severn Valley Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:1862
Events:Opened[1]
Years1:1934
Events1:Renamed Stourport-on-Severn
Years2:1970
Events2:Closed

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The station closed when passenger services between Hartlebury and Bewdley were withdrawn on 5 January 1970.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 is still traceable on some maps.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stourport-on-Severn Station. Historic England. 19 March 2017.
  2. Book: John Marshall (railway historian)

    . Marshall, John. The Severn Valley Railway. 1989. David St John Thomas. Newton Abbot. 121 . 0-946537-45-3. John Marshall (railway historian).

  3. Book: John Marshall (railway historian)

    . Marshall, John. The Severn Valley Railway. 1989. David St John Thomas. Newton Abbot. 89 . 0-946537-45-3. John Marshall (railway historian).

  4. Book: John Marshall (railway historian)

    . Marshall, John. The Severn Valley Railway. 1989. David St John Thomas. Newton Abbot. 164 . 0-946537-45-3. John Marshall (railway historian).