Coughton railway station

Coughton
Location
Place	Coughton, Warwickshire
Area	Stratford-on-Avon
Coordinates	52°14′40″N 1°53′35″W / 52.244455°N 1.893039°W / 52.244455; -1.893039Coordinates: 52°14′40″N 1°53′35″W / 52.244455°N 1.893039°W / 52.244455; -1.893039
Operations
Original company	Evesham and Redditch Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
8 May 1868	Station opens
30 June 1952	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Railway bridge on Coughton Lane. The station was about 500 metres to the north west of here immediately beyond the bridge over Sambourne Lane

Coughton railway station serving Coughton, Warwickshire was a station on the Barnt Green to Evesham line. The station was opened by the Evesham and Redditch Railway on 4 May 1868. The station had one platform and a simple brick building. The station had a short siding similar to Wixford.

The station closed on 30 June 1952. The road bridge which was near the platform has now been demolished and Sambourne Lane now runs through the site of the bridge. The station building is now a private residence and has been heavily altered. The platform edge can still clearly be identified.

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Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Studley and Astwood Bank		London Midland and Scottish Railway Gloucester Loop Line		Alcester

Railway stations in Warwickshire

Open stations

Birmingham to Peterborough Line	Water Orton Coleshill Parkway Nuneaton

Chiltern Main Line	Lapworth Hatton Warwick Parkway Warwick Leamington Spa

Coventry to Leamington Line	Kenilworth (under construction) Leamington Spa

Coventry to Nuneaton Line	Bedworth Bermuda Park Nuneaton

Leamington to Stratford Line	Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Wilmcote Bearley Claverdon Hatton Warwick Parkway Warwick Leamington Spa

North Warwickshire Line	The Lakes Wood End Danzey Henley-in-Arden Wootton Wawen Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford-upon-Avon

West Coast Main Line	Polesworth Atherstone Nuneaton Rugby

Disused

Alcester to Bearley Line	Great Alne Aston Cantlow Halt

Birmingham to Peterborough Line	Coleshill Whitacre Junction Shustoke Arley and Fillongley Arley Colliery Sidings Worker's Platform Stockingford Nuneaton (Abbey Street)

Chiltern Main Line	Southam Road and Harbury Fenny Compton

Coventry to Leamington Line	Kenilworth Warwick (Milverton) Leamington Spa (Avenue)

Coventry to Nuneaton Line	Chilvers Coton Hawkesbury Lane

Gloucester Loop Line	Studley and Ashwood Bank Coughton Alcester Wixford Broom Junction Salford Priors

Great Central Main Line	Rugby Central Braunston and Willoughby

Honeybourne Line	Evesham Road Crossing Halt Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Platform Chambers Crossing Halt Milcote Long Marston

Marton Junction to Weedon Line	Southam and Long Itchington Napton and Stockton Flecknoe

Rugby to Leamington Line	Dunchurch Birdingbury Marton (Warwicks)

Stonebridge Railway	Whitacre Junction Maxstoke

Stratford and Moreton Tramway	Longdon Road Stretton-on-Fosse Shipston-on-Stour

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway	Broom Junction Bidford-on-Avon Binton Stratford-upon-Avon (Old Town) Ettington Kineton Burton Dassett North End Fenny Compton West

West Coast Main Line	Bulkington Shilton Brinklow Brandon and Wolston

Miscellaneous stations	Clifton Mill Kingsbury

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