Beckford railway station

Beckford railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham.

Beckford
Beckford railway station in 1960
General information
Location	Beckford, Worcestershire England
Coordinates	52°01′08″N 2°01′46″W / 52.0188°N 2.0294°W / 52.0188; -2.0294Coordinates: 52°01′08″N 2°01′46″W / 52.0188°N 2.0294°W / 52.0188; -2.0294
Grid reference	SO980355
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Evesham and Redditch Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1864	Opened^[1]
17 June 1963	Closed to passengers^[1]^[2]
1 July 1963	Closed^[1]

It was designed by the architect George Hunt and opened 1 October 1864 and closed in 1963.^[1] It served Beckford, Worcestershire.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ashchurch Line closed, station open		Midland Railway Evesham loop line		Ashton-under-Hill Line and station closed

References

1. "Station Name: Beckford". 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. 70. OCLC 931112387.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 24-30. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542.

External links

• Disused stations