Coughton railway station

Coughton
Railway bridge on Coughton Lane. The station was about 500 metres to the north west of here immediately beyond the bridge over Sambourne Lane
General information
Location	Coughton, Warwickshire, Stratford-on-Avon England
Coordinates	52°14′40″N1°53′35″W / 52.2444°N 1.8930°W / 52.2444; -1.8930
Grid reference	SP073607
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Evesham and Redditch Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
4 May 1868	Opened [1]
30 June 1952	Closed [1]
Location

Coughton railway station serving Coughton, Warwickshire was a station on the Barnt Green to Evesham line. The station was opened by the Evesham and Redditch Railway on 4 May 1868. The station had one platform and a simple brick building. The station had a short siding similar to Wixford.

The station closed on 30 June 1952. ^[2] The road bridge which was near the platform has now been demolished and Sambourne Lane now runs through the site of the bridge. The station building is now a private residence and has been heavily altered. The platform edge can still clearly be identified.

References

1. "Station Name: Coughton". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 137. OCLC   931112387.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 88-92. ISBN   9781904474814. OCLC   851839542.

External links

• grid reference SP07436070
• Warwickshirerailways.com
• Rail around Birmingham

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Studley and Astwood Bank Line and station closed		London Midland and Scottish Railway Evesham loop line		Alcester Line and station closed