Littleton and Badsey railway station
Appearance
Littleton and Badsey | |
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The site of the station in 2014 | |
General information | |
Location | South Littleton, Wychavon England |
Coordinates | 52°06′09″N 1°53′36″W / 52.1024°N 1.8934°W |
Grid reference | SP073448 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
21 April 1884[1] | Opened |
3 January 1966 | Closed |
Littleton and Badsey railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, near the town of Evesham, Worcestershire in England. It was located in Blackminster, and served the villages of Badsey and the Littletons (North and Middle Littleton and South Littleton).
The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 21 April 1884[2] The 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways listed the station for closure, and British Railways closed the station on 3 January 1966.
Littleton and Badsey was one of the stations Flanders and Swann mentioned in song Slow Train, which was written in response to The Reshaping of British Railways and released in 1963.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Honeybourne Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
Evesham Line and station open |
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