Ashton-under-Hill railway station

52°02′16″N 1°59′44″W / 52.0377°N 1.9955°W / 52.0377; -1.9955Grid referenceSP003377Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMidland RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 October 1864Opened^[1]17 June 1963Closed^[1]

Ashton-under-Hill railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It served Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board in 1963.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Geograph [1]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Beckford Line and station closed		Midland Railway Evesham loop line		Hinton Line and station closed

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 31-36. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542.

External links

• Ashton under Hill at Disused stations