Bengeworth railway station
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 mi (3.2 km) away in Hampton. The station was named Bengeworth in order to avoid confusion over other stations in the area which also included Hampton in their names.
| Bengeworth | |
|---|---|
 Bengeworth railway station in 1960 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Hampton |
| Area | Worcestershire |
| Coordinates | 52.0856°N 1.9615°W |
| Grid reference | SP027430 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 1 October 1864 | Opened[1] |
| 8 June 1953 | Closed[1] |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
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.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinton Line and station closed |
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Evesham loop line |
Evesham Line closed, station open |
References
- "Station Name: Bengeworth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 41-43. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542.