Ashperton railway station

Ashperton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashperton in Herefordshire, England. It was located on what is now known as the Cotswold Line.

Ashperton
General information
LocationAshperton, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates52°03′34″N 2°30′40″W / 52.0594°N 2.5110°W / 52.0594; -2.5110
Grid referenceSO650402
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWorcester and Hereford Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
13 September 1861Station opens as Ashperton
2 November 1964Station renamed Ashperton Halt
5 April 1965Station closed

History

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Opened by the Worcester and Hereford Railway, it became part of the West Midland Railway then was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Stoke Edith   Great Western Railway
Worcester and Hereford Railway
  Ledbury

The site today

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Trains on the Cotswold Line pass the site. Geograph [1]

References

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  • 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.

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