Bengeworth railway station

Bengeworth

Bengeworth railway station in 1960
Operated by Midland Railway
History
Opened 1 October 1864 (1864-10-01)
Closed 1953
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hinton
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
Gloucester Loop Line
  Evesham
Line and station open

Bengeworth railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Ashchurch and Evesham. The precise location of the station was not in the Evesham suburb of Bengeworth itself, but 2 miles away in Hampton. The station was named Bengeworth in order to avoid confusion over other stations in the area that also included Hampton in their names.

The station opened 1 October 1864.[1] It closed in 1953 but trains continued to use the line until closure in 1963 some of the land between Hinton on the Green and south of Bengeworth station was given over to housing. The bridge that crossed the main A44 Pershore Road north of the station was removed and the track bed beyond the road was used as an access road to the nearby water treatment works on Clarks Hill.

References

  1. Catford, Nick (28 April 2012). "Bengeworth". Disused Stations.

Coordinates: 52°05′07″N 1°57′43″W / 52.08535°N 1.96201°W / 52.08535; -1.96201


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