Stourport-on-Severn railway station

Former railway station in Worcestershire, England

Stourport-on-Severn

General information
Location| Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
England
Coordinates| 52°20′42″N 2°16′27″W﻿ / ﻿52.3449°N 2.2743°W﻿ / 52.3449; -2.2743
Grid reference| SO814718
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Severn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping| Great Western Railway
Post-grouping| Great Western Railway
Key dates
1862| Opened[1]
1934| Renamed Stourport-on-Severn
1970| Closed[1]

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

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The station closed when passenger services between Hartlebury and Bewdley were withdrawn on 5 January 1970.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 is still traceable on some maps.

## References[edit]

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

## Further reading[edit]

* Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Kidderminster to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 4-8. ISBN 9781906008109. OCLC 154801530.

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Burlish Halt
Line and station closed |  | Great Western Railway
Severn Valley Railway |  | Hartlebury
Line closed- station open

## External links[edit]

* "Bewdley to Hartlebury Junction Disused Railway". Shropshire Railways, YouTube video.

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