Stourport-on-Severn_railway_station

Stourport-on-Severn railway station

Stourport-on-Severn railway station

Former railway station in Worcestershire, England

Stourport-on-Severn railway station was the main station in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England.

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The station, originally named 'Stourport', opened on 1 February 1862 as part of the Severn Valley Railway. It had two platforms and a passing loop from opening.[2] It was renamed Stourport-on-Severn in October 1934, possibly to avoid confusion with the nearby town of Stourbridge.[3]

The station closed when passenger services between Hartlebury and Bewdley were withdrawn on 5 January 1970. Although the line to Hartlebury remained open to coal traffic to the former Stourport Power Station until 1982 when it was closed after closure of the power station.[4]

The site is now occupied by housing development although there is a footpath on the former line to Hartlebury and towards the former Stourport Power Station. The trackbed towards Bewdley is now hemmed in by modern development but it's still is traceable on some maps.

References

  1. [1]
    "Stourport-on-Severn Station". Historic England. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. [2]
    Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 121. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.
  3. [3]
    Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 89. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.
  4. [4]
    Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 164. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.

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