Ripple railway station

Former railway station in Worcestershire, England

52°02′13″N 2°11′16″W / 52.0370°N 2.1877°W / 52.0370; -2.1877Grid referenceSO871376Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates16 May 1864Opened14 August 1961Closed^[1]

Ripple railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It opened on 16 May 1864 by the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway and was closed 14 August 1961.^[2]

References

^ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 364. OCLC 931112387.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Upton-on-Severn Line and station closed		Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Midland Railway		Tewkesbury Line and station closed

Motorways	M5 M42 M50
A-roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536
Service stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services
Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line Cotswold Line
Closed lines	Oxford–Worcester–Wolverhampton line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)
Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall
Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Bredon Eckington Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn Wadborough
Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt
Heritage railways	Severn Valley Railway
Under construction	Broadway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144
Companies	Diamond West Midlands First Midland Red
Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme
Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle paths

v t e Closed railway stations in Worcestershire
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	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 Blackpole Halt Astwood Halt Norton Halt Stoulton Wyre Halt Fladbury Littleton and Badsey
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cofton Blackwell Stoke Works Dodderhill Dunhampstead Oddingley Bredicot Spetchley Norton (B&G) Abbots Wood Junction Wadborough Pirton Besford Defford Eckington Bredon
Gloucester loop line	Harvington Bengeworth Hinton (Worcestershire) Ashton-under-Hill Beckford
Honeybourne Line	Broadway