Ashperton railway station

Ashperton
General information
Location	Ashperton, Herefordshire England
Coordinates	52°03′34″N2°30′40″W / 52.0594°N 2.5110°W / 52.0594; -2.5110
Grid reference	SO650402
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Worcester and Hereford Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
13 September 1861	Station opens as Ashperton
2 November 1964	Station renamed Ashperton Halt
5 April 1965	Station closed
Location

Ashperton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashperton in Herefordshire, England. It was located on what is now known as the Cotswold Line.

History

Opened by the Worcester and Hereford Railway, it became part of the West Midland Railway then was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stoke Edith		Great Western Railway Worcester and Hereford Railway		Ledbury

The site today

Trains on the Cotswold Line pass the site. Geograph

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 102-103. ISBN   9781904474388. OCLC   862604858.