Alrewas railway station
| Alrewas | |
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The station's location (1993) | |
| Location | |
| Place | Alrewas |
| Area | Lichfield |
| Coordinates | 52°43′49″N 1°44′22″W / 52.7304°N 1.7394°WCoordinates: 52°43′49″N 1°44′22″W / 52.7304°N 1.7394°W |
| Grid reference | SK176147 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | South Staffordshire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 9 April 1849 | Station opens |
| 18 January 1965 | Station closes |
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Alrewas railway station was a station on the South Staffordshire Railway, which operated in the West Midlands county of Staffordshire, in England. The station was located next to a level crossing, although the road, now the A513, currently crosses over the still extant line on a bridge in Alrewas.
History
The station was opened by the South Staffordshire Railway, then joined the London and North Western Railway, and was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was then closed by the British Railways Board under the Beeching Axe in January 1965.
The site today
The line through the station, which runs from Lichfield on the high-level line and is connected to the Southbound WCML by a single track chord, runs via the station site to Wychnor Junction, near Burton upon Trent. Primarily a freight route, the line is also used by Virgin Trains to move trains from Birmingham to Bombardier's maintenance depot at Central Rivers, near Burton. The route is sometimes used as a means of diverting trains when engineering takes place between Birmingham New Street and Tamworth.
The station retains its signal box, which supervises the adjacent level crossing and the partly single track section to Wychnor Junction. It also acts as a signalling 'fringe' box to the East Midlands Rail Operating Centre at Derby.
| Preceding station |  Historical railways |
Following station | ||
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| Barton and Walton Line and station closed |
London and North Western Railway South Staffordshire Line |
Lichfield Trent Valley Line closed, station open | ||
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map
