Ashton-under-Hill railway station

Ashton-under-Hill

Location
Place	Ashton under Hill
Area	Wychavon
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 October 1864	Station opened
17 June 1963	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Ashton-under-Hill railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It served Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire.

History

Opened by the Midland Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board under the Beeching Axe.

References

Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Geograph

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Beckford Line and station closed		Midland Railway Gloucester Loop Line		Hinton Line and station closed

External links

Ashton under Hill at Disused stations

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Other	Severn Valley Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

Closed railway stations in Worcestershire

Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	Easton Court Tenbury Wells Newnham Bridge Wyre Forest

Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway	Suckley Knightwick Leigh Court

Worcester and Hereford Railway	Henwick Boughton Halt Rushwick Halt Bransford Road Newland Halt Malvern Wells

Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway	Malvern Hanley Road Upton-on-Severn Ripple

Severn Valley Railway	Rifle Range Halt Foley Park Halt Burlish Halt Stourport-on-Severn

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Cutnall Green Halt Stoke Works Fernhill Heath Astwood Halt Norton Junction Halt Stoulton Wyre Halt Fladbury Littleton and Badsey

Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cofton Blackwell Stoke Works (B&G) Dodderhill Dunhampstead Oddingley Bredicot Spetchley Norton (B&G) Abbot's Wood Junction Wadborough Pirton Besford Defford Eckington Bredon

Gloucester Loop Line	Harvington Bengeworth Hinton (Worcestershire) Ashton-under-Hill Beckford

Honeybourne Line	Broadway

Coordinates: 52°02′16″N 1°59′44″W / 52.03770°N 1.99558°W / 52.03770; -1.99558

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