Tenbury Wells railway station

Tenbury Wells
Old postcard of Tenbury Wells station
General information
Location	Burford, Shropshire England
Coordinates	52°19′03″N2°36′01″W / 52.3176°N 2.6003°W / 52.3176; -2.6003
Grid reference	SO592689
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Tenbury Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1861	Opened as Tenbury [1]
1912	Renamed Tenbury Wells
1962	Closed to passengers [1]
1964	closed completely

Tenbury Wells railway station was a stop on the Tenbury Railway in Burford, Shropshire, England; it also served the town of Tenbury Wells, across the River Teme in Worcestershire. The station was opened in 1861 and closed in 1962. ^[1]

History

The station was named Tenbury at opening on 1 August 1861. It originally formed the eastern terminus of the Tenbury Railway, a five-mile branch from Woofferton; it became a through station in August 1864 with the opening of the Tenbury and Bewdley Railway, which completed the line to Bewdley.

The station was renamed Tenbury Wells on 14 November 1912. The former Tenbury Railway closed on 31 July 1961, but Tenbury Wells station remained in use for passenger traffic to Bewdley until 1 August 1962. ^[2] . The station was served by goods trains until 1964 when the station was closed completely

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Easton Court Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Tenbury Railway		Newnham Bridge Line and station closed

The site today

Tenbury station was demolished and factory units were built on its site; Wells Soft Drinks Ltd occupied the site before being sold to the Kerry Group.

References

1. "Stations". Shropshire History. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Cleobury Mortimer. Middleton Press. figs. 17-29. ISBN   9781906008185. OCLC   176923876.