Stretton-on-Fosse | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Stretton-on-Fosse, Stratford |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.044°N -1.6681°W |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Years: | 1 October 1892 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 1 January 1917[1] |
Events1: | closed |
Years2: | 1 January 1919 |
Events2: | reopened |
Years3: | 8 July 1929 |
Events3: | Closed to passenger services |
Years4: | 2 May 1960 |
Events4: | Closed to freight traffic |
Stretton-on-Fosse railway station was a railway station which served the village of Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, England. It was located north-east of the village near the Fosse Way road.
In 1836 a tram with horse-drawn cars began passing through the village,[2] operated by the Stratford and Moreton Tramway on a four-feet gauge rail. After the company's insolvency in 1868 the line was purchased by The Great Western Railway.[3]
The tramway was converted into a steam operated branch line by the Great Western railway in 1889, between Moreton-in-Marsh and Shipston-on-Stour which was used for passengers until 1929 and goods until 1960. A railway station was not built at Stretton-on-Fosse until October 1892, in the north-east part of the village near the Fosse Way road. Before completion of construction, the train would stop on request at the nearby Golden Cross Inn.[4]
The site is now in private ownership with the former station masters house still standing. The trackbed has since been returned to agricultural use.