Eckington railway station

Former railway station in Worcestershire, England

52°04′08″N 2°06′56″W / 52.0690°N 2.1155°W / 52.0690; -2.1155Grid referenceSO920412Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBirmingham and Gloucester RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates24 June 1840Opened4 January 1965Closed[1]

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.
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Closed railway stations in Worcestershire
Tenbury and Bewdley RailwayWorcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway
Worcester and Hereford RailwayTewkesbury and Malvern RailwaySevern Valley RailwayOxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton RailwayBirmingham and Gloucester RailwayGloucester loop lineHoneybourne Line


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