Blackpole Halt railway station

Blackpole Halt
Location
Place	North of Worcester
Area	Worcestershire
Coordinates	52°13′06″N 2°11′56″W / 52.2182°N 2.1990°W / 52.2182; -2.1990Coordinates: 52°13′06″N 2°11′56″W / 52.2182°N 2.1990°W / 52.2182; -2.1990
Grid reference	SO865577
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
c.1914	Opened^[1]
c.1918	Closed^[1]
1940	Reopened^[1]
1946	Closed^[1]
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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Blackpole Halt railway station was a station to the north of Worcester, Worcestershire, England. The station was opened during World War I to serve a nearby munitions factory and closed afterwards, before reopening again between 1940 and 1946 for the same purpose.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Blackpole Halt". Malvern Industrial Archaeology Circle. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Fernhill Heath Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway		Astwood Halt Line open, station closed

Closed railway stations in Worcestershire
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	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 Blackpole Halt Astwood Halt Norton 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 (Worcestershire) Ashton-under-Hill Beckford
Honeybourne Line	Broadway

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