Upton-on-Severn railway station

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Coordinates: 52°03′31″N 2°13′00″W / 52.0587°N 2.2168°W / 52.0587; -2.2168
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Upton on Severn
Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 May 1864Station opens as Upton
April 1889Renamed Upton on Severn
14 August 1961Station closed for passengers[1]
July 1963closed for goods

Upton-on-Severn railway station was a

Upton-on-Severn in the English county of Worcestershire
.

History

It was opened by the Midland Railway's Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway between Great Malvern and Ashchurch.[2]

At

nationalisation of the railway system in January 1948. The British Transport Commission withdrew the service to Great Malvern on 1 December 1952, with the station henceforth becoming a terminus. It then closed to passengers on 14 August 1961, with the withdrawal of the remaining trains from Ashchurch.[3]
Freight traffic continued until July 1963, when the Upton to Tewkesbury section was closed completely.

The station was subsequently demolished and no trace now remains.

Stationmasters

  • H. Rich ca. 1864[4] ca. 1866
  • Samuel Hawkins Orchard until 1872[5] (afterwards station master at Stapleford and Sandiacre)
  • Henry Lewis 1872 - 1877[5]
  • A. Withers 1877 - 1878[5]
  • F.H. Parsons 1878 - 1881[6]
  • W.H. Adcock 1881 - 1883[6]
  • R. Nash 1883[6] - 1905[7]
  • William Garner Johnson 1906[7] - ca. 1929
  • Edward Harry Taylor ca. 1948

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
  2. ^ Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing
  3. ^ "Upton's Railway Station"Welcome to Upton on Severn; Retrieved 28 September 2016
  4. ^ "1859-1866". Midland Railway Miscellaneous Depts: 238. 1914. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 842. 1871. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 427. 1881. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "1899-1908 Coaching; Piece 1027". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 124. 1899. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Bromsgrove to Gloucester. Middleton Press. figs. 66-70.
    OCLC 931169432
    .


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Malvern Hanley Road
Line and station closed 		  Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
Midland Railway 		  Ripple
Line and station closed

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