Eckington railway station

This article is about the station in Worcestershire. For the station in Derbyshire, see Eckington and Renishaw railway station.

Eckington
Station remains in 1993
General information
Location	Eckington, Worcestershire England
Coordinates	52°04′08″N2°06′56″W / 52.0690°N 2.1155°W / 52.0690; -2.1155
Grid reference	SO920412
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
24 June 1840	Opened
4 January 1965	Closed [1]
Location

Eckington railway station was a railway station to serve Eckington in Worcestershire.

The station was opened by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway in 1840. The buildings were "erected in the Gothic style, very much like those on some of the Scotch railways recently opened to the public." ^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 4 January 1965.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bredon		Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		Defford

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Bromsgrove to Gloucester. Middleton Press. figs. 27-29. ISBN   9781904474739. OCLC   931169432.