Ashton-under-Hill railway station

Ashton-under-Hill
General information
Location	Ashton under Hill, Wychavon, Worcestershire England
Coordinates	52°02′16″N1°59′44″W / 52.0377°N 1.9955°W / 52.0377; -1.9955
Grid reference	SP003377
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1864	Opened [1]
17 June 1963	Closed [1]
Location

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 in 1963.

References

1. "Station Name: Ashton-under-Hill". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

• 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.
• Geograph

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Beckford Line and station closed		Midland Railway Evesham loop line		Hinton Line and station closed

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