Honeybourne railway station

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Honeybourne
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FGW 43164 leads a Paddington to Hereford service through Platform 1 in July 2013.
General information
Location Honeybourne, Wychavon
England
Coordinates 52°06′04″N1°50′06″W / 52.101°N 1.835°W / 52.101; -1.835
Grid reference SP114448
Managed by Great Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHYB
Classification DfT category F2
History
Original company Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
4 June 1853 (1853-06-04)Opened
5 May 1969Closed
22 May 1981Reopened
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 71,830
Littleton and Badsey
Line open, station closed		  Great Western Railway
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 		  Mickleton Halt
Line open, station closed
Disused railways
Pebworth Halt
Line open, station closed		  Great Western Railway
Honeybourne Line 		  Weston-sub-Edge
Line and station closed
HR icon.svg   Proposed Heritage railways
Terminus  Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Broadway to Honeybourne extension		  Weston-sub-Edge
Line and station closed
 Proposed reopening 
Stratford-upon-Avon
Line closed, station open		 Avon Rail Link TBD

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Notes

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  13. ↑ Maggs & Nicholson 1985, p. 17.
  14. ↑ Maggs & Nicholson 1985, p. 62.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Potts 1985, p. 89.
  16. 1 2 3 Maggs & Nicholson 1985, p. 91.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Siviter 2003, p. 78.
  18. 1 2 3 Mitchell & Smith 2005, fig. 39.
  19. 1 2 3 Maggs & Nicholson 1985, p. 37.
  20. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 65–66.
  21. 1 2 3 Maggs & Nicholson 1985, p. 59.
  22. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 63, 68.
  23. ↑ Potts 1985, p. 71.
  24. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 71–72.
  25. ↑ Yorke 2009, p. 85.
  26. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 60, 64.
  27. 1 2 Baker 1994, p. 64.
  28. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 67–68.
  29. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 64–65.
  30. ↑ Baker 1994, p. 75.
  31. ↑ Oppitz 2004, p. 37.
  32. 1 2 Yorke 2009, p. 92.
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  34. ↑ Clinker 1978, p. 64.
  35. ↑ Potts 1985, pp. 89–90.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Potts 1985, p. 90.
  37. ↑ Baker 1994, pp. 68, 75.
  38. 1 2 3 Baker 1994, p. 71.
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  42. 1 2 Maggs & Nicholson 1985, p. 39.
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  44. 1 2 Baker 1994, p. 79.
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  46. ↑ Yorke 2009, p. 93.
  47. ↑ Office of Rail and Road data: see infobox at head of article.
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  50. 1 2 Bridge 2011, p. 89.
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  55. ↑ Piggott 2011, p. 9.
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