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
General information
LocationHampton, Worcestershire
England
Coordinates52°05′08″N 1°57′41″W / 52.0856°N 1.9615°W / 52.0856; -1.9615
Grid referenceSP027430
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1864Opened[1]
8 June 1953Closed[1][2]

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

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  1. ^ a b c "Station Name: Bengeworth". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 73. OCLC 931112387.

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