Bredon railway station

Bredon
Station site in 2005.
General information
Location	Bredon, Wychavon England
Coordinates	52.0292°N 2.1086°W / 52.0292; -2.1086
Grid reference	SO926368
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	24 June 1840 (1840-06-24)
Closed	4 January 1965 (1965-01-04)
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway

Bredon railway station was on the Birmingham–Gloucester railway line to the north of Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station. The station closed in 1965.

History

The first section of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, between Bromsgrove and Cheltenham, opened on 24 June 1840, and among the original stations was one at Bredon.^[1][2] The station was 35 miles 11.26 chains (56.554 km) from Camp Hill, and the adjacent stations Eckington and Ashchurch opened the same day.^[3]

The station closed to goods on 1 July 1963, and to passengers on 4 January 1965.^[3][2]

The line through the site of the station remains in use as part of the Bristol to Birmingham main line.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Tewkesbury		Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		Eckington
Ashchurch

Notes

1. Long & Awdry 1987, pp. 34–35, 274.
2. Butt 1995, p. 43.
3. Long & Awdry 1987, p. 274.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Long, P.J.; Awdry, W. V. (1987). The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway. Gloucester: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-329-6.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Bromsgrove to Gloucester. Middleton Press. figs. 30-35. ISBN 9781904474739. OCLC 931169432.