Eckington railway station

Eckington
Station remains in 1993
Location
Coordinates	52°04′08″N 2°06′56″W / 52.0690°N 2.1155°W / 52.0690; -2.1155Coordinates: 52°04′08″N 2°06′56″W / 52.0690°N 2.1155°W / 52.0690; -2.1155
Operations
Original company	Birmingham and Gloucester Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
24 June 1840	Station opened
4 Jan 1965	Station closed^[1]
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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.

References

↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
↑ Whishaw, F., (1840) The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland: Practically described and illustrated London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Defford Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Birmingham and Gloucester Railway		Bredon Line open, station closed

Closed railway stations in Worcestershire

Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	Easton Court Tenbury Wells Newnham Bridge Wyre Forest

Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway	Suckley Knightwick Leigh Court

Worcester and Hereford Railway	Henwick Boughton Halt Rushwick Halt Bransford Road Newland Halt Malvern Wells

Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway	Malvern Hanley Road Upton-on-Severn Ripple

Severn Valley Railway	Rifle Range Halt Foley Park Halt Burlish Halt Stourport-on-Severn

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Cutnall Green Halt Stoke Works Fernhill Heath Astwood Halt Norton Junction Halt Stoulton Wyre Halt Fladbury Littleton and Badsey

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cofton Blackwell Stoke Works (B&G) Dodderhill Dunhampstead Oddingley Bredicot Spetchley Norton (B&G) Abbot's Wood Junction Wadborough Pirton Besford Defford Eckington Bredon

Gloucester Loop Line	Harvington Bengeworth Hinton (Worcestershire) Ashton-under-Hill Beckford

Honeybourne Line	Broadway

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