Hinton railway station (England)

Hinton
Hinton
	Site of Hinton railway station
General information
Location	Hinton-on-the-Green, Worcestershire; England
Coordinates	52°03′44″N 1°58′29″W / 52.0621°N 1.9748°W
Grid reference	SP018404
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1864	Opened
17 June 1963	Closed to passengers
1 July 1963	Closed

Hinton railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Tewkesbury and Evesham, England. It opened 1 October 1864^[1] by the Midland Railway. The station served Hinton-on-the-Green in Worcestershire.

During World War II, the area surrounding the station was used as a military fuel dump and it was subject to at least one unsuccessful air attack.^{[citation needed]} Following the station's closure in 1963,^[2] the area was used by several companies for storage including the local Midlands Electricity Board who used it to store electrical mains equipment.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ashton-under-Hill Line and station closed		Midland Railway Evesham Loop Line		Bengeworth Line and station closed

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Station Name: Hinton". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 228. OCLC 931112387.

Hinton railway station (England)

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