Bredon railway station

Bredon
Station site in 2005.
Location
Place	Bredon
Area	Wychavon
Grid reference	SO926368
Operations
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
24 June 1840 (1840-06-24)	Station opened
4 January 1965 (1965-01-04)	Station closed
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Bredon railway station was on the Birmingham–Gloucester railway line to the north of Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station. It is now closed.

History

The first section of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, between Bromsgrove and Cheltenham, opened on 24 June 1840, and among the original stations was one at Bredon.^[1]^[2] The station was 35 miles 11.26 chains (56.554 km) from Camp Hill, and the adjacent stations Eckington and Ashchurch opened the same day.^[3]

The station closed to goods on 1 July 1963, and to passengers on 4 January 1965.^[3]^[2]

Notes

↑ Long & Awdry 1987, pp. 34–35,274.
1 2 Butt 1995, p. 43.
1 2 Long & Awdry 1987, p. 274.

References

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Long, P.J.; Awdry, W. V. (1987). The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. Gloucester: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-329-6.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Eckington Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		Ashchurch Line and station open

Coordinates: 52°01′45″N 2°06′31″W / 52.02921°N 2.10869°W / 52.02921; -2.10869

Closed railway stations in Worcestershire

Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	Easton Court Tenbury Wells Newnham Bridge Wyre Forest

Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway	Suckley Knightwick Leigh Court

Worcester and Hereford Railway	Henwick Boughton Halt Rushwick Halt Bransford Road Newland Halt Malvern Wells

Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway	Malvern Hanley Road Upton-on-Severn Ripple

Severn Valley Railway	Rifle Range Halt Foley Park Halt Burlish Halt Stourport-on-Severn

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Cutnall Green Halt Stoke Works Fernhill Heath Astwood Halt Norton Junction Halt Stoulton Wyre Halt Fladbury Littleton and Badsey

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cofton Blackwell Stoke Works (B&G) Dodderhill Dunhampstead Oddingley Bredicot Spetchley Norton (B&G) Abbot's Wood Junction Wadborough Pirton Besford Defford Eckington Bredon

Gloucester Loop Line	Harvington Bengeworth Hinton Ashton-under-Hill Beckford

Honeybourne Line	Broadway

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