Alcester railway station

Alcester

The station in June 1962
Location
Place Alcester
Area Stratford-on-Avon
Operations
Original company Evesham and Redditch Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
17 September 1866 Station opens
1 October 1962 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Alcester was a railway station serving Alcester in the English county of Warwickshire.

History

Location of the former station in 1994

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.


Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Coughton   London Midland and Scottish Railway
Gloucester Loop Line
  Wixford
Terminus   Great Western Railway
Alcester to Bearley Line
  Great Alne

The site today

The station house is lived in and the goods shed is in light industrial use. The former railway alignment has partly been incorporated into the Heart of England Way.

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Coordinates: 52°13′01″N 1°52′40″W / 52.21698°N 1.87765°W