Malvern Hanley Road railway station

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Malvern Hanley Road
Malvern Wells (Hanley Road) railway station 1714790 fea32eef.jpg
The station in 1951
Location Malvern Wells, Malvern Hills
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1862Station opens as Malvern Wells (MR)
2 March 1951renamed Malvern Hanley Road
1 December 1952Station closes
Pre Grouping railway junctions around Abbotswood, Malvern (lower left), Stoke Prior & Worcester Abbotswood, Malvern, Stroke Prior & Worcester RJD 81.jpg
Pre Grouping railway junctions around Abbotswood, Malvern (lower left), Stoke Prior & Worcester

Malvern Hanley Road railway station was a Midland Railway (MR) station on the Malvern, Tewkesbury and Ashchurch line.

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The station was opened as Malvern Wells on 1 July 1862 by the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway before it became part of the MR. [note 1] [1] [2]

The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939. [3]

The station was renamed Malvern Hanley Road on 2 March 1951 only to close a year later on 1 December 1952 when the line closed. [1] [4]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ There is some confusion about station names in Malvern. The GWR had three stations on its Hereford to Worcester line, they were:
    • Malvern Wells (which was usually suffixed with GW in timetables).
    • Then came the junction with the Midland Railway called Malvern Junction but there was no actual station located at the junction.
    • Great Malvern.
    • Malvern Link.
    The Midland Railway station was also called Malvern Wells and was often suffixed with Mid or MR in the timetables. Bradshaws timetables for 1895 and 1922 both have a note attached to the MR station saying Hanley Road Station; about 1¾ mile to The Common Station, Great Western Railway. [note 2] [note 3] [note 4]
  2. Bradshaw, George (2011) [December 1895]. Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895: A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts. Midhurst: Middleton Press. pp. 46 & 395. ISBN   978-1-908174-11-6. OCLC   832579861.
  3. Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. pp. 100 & 666. ISBN   978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC   12500436.
  4. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 81. ISBN   0-7153-5120-6.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  2. ↑ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 560. ISBN   978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  4. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 8 (refs 0329 & 0330). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Great Malvern
Line closed		  Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
Midland Railway 		  Upton-on-Severn
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 52°04′44″N2°18′58″W / 52.0790°N 2.3162°W / 52.0790; -2.3162


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