Iron Acton railway station

Iron Acton station opened on 2 September 1872, with the start of services on the Midland Railway branch from Yate to Thornbury. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.[1]

Iron Acton
The site of Iron Acton railway station in 2004
Location
PlaceIron Acton
AreaSouth Gloucestershire
Coordinates51.5477°N 2.4690°W / 51.5477; -2.4690
Grid referenceST675833
Operations
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms1
History
2 September 1872 (1872-09-02)Station opened
19 June 1944 (1944-06-19)Station closed
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
Thornbury
Branch Line
 Thornbury
Grovesend Tunnel
 Tytherington Quarry
Tytherington Tunnel
 Tytherington
 Iron Acton
Frampton Cotterell
freight line
 Yate
Cross Country Route
to Bristol │ to Birmingham

It closed to passenger services on 19 June 1944.

The station served Iron Acton village and was sited to the south west of it. It consisted of a single platform face and a large wooden station building. A freight-only branch serving an iron mine in Frampton Cotterell connected at the station. This closed in 1872 and a truncated section of this route served as a coal depot until closure on 10 June 1963.

The station was demolished in the 1960s. The part-remains of the platform survive, as does a crossing-keeper's cottage to the south of the station site. In mid 2013, the line beyond Yate Middle Jn was placed 'Out of Use', due to the mothballing of the quarry at Tytherington.[2]

Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Yate   Yate to Thornbury Branch
Midland Railway		   Tytherington
Station closed

Notes
  1. "Notes by the Way". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 1 November 1884. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "Establishment of proposed G1 Short Term Network Change: Tytherington Branch (from 0m 30ch) Designation as "Out of Use (temporary)"" (PDF). Swindon: Network Rail. 10 September 2013. STNC/G1/2013/WEST/565. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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