Ashton-under-Hill railway station

Ashton-under-Hill
Location
Place	Ashton under Hill
Area	Wychavon
Coordinates	52°02′16″N 1°59′44″W / 52.0377°N 1.9955°W / 52.0377; -1.9955Coordinates: 52°02′16″N 1°59′44″W / 52.0377°N 1.9955°W / 52.0377; -1.9955
Grid reference	SP003377
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1864	Opened[1]
17 June 1963	Closed[1]
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Ashton-under-Hill railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It served Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board under the Beeching Axe.

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. 
• Geograph

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 31-36. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542. 

External links

• Ashton under Hill at Disused stations