Littleton and Badsey railway station

Littleton and Badsey
Location
Place	South Littleton
Area	Wychavon
Coordinates	52°06′09″N 1°53′36″W / 52.1024°N 1.8934°W / 52.1024; -1.8934Coordinates: 52°06′09″N 1°53′36″W / 52.1024°N 1.8934°W / 52.1024; -1.8934
Grid reference	SP073448
Operations
Original company	Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
4 June 1853 (1853-06-04)	Station opened
3 January 1966 (1966-01-03)	Station closed
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Littleton and Badsey railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, near the town of Evesham, Worcestershire in England. It served the villages of Badsey, South Littleton, Middle Littleton and North Littleton.

The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 4 June 1853.^[1] The 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways listed the station for closure, and British Railways closed the station on 3 January 1966.^[1]

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (centre) railways in the vicinity of Littleton and Badsey

Littleton and Badsey was one of the stations Flanders and Swann mentioned in song Slow Train, which was written in response to The Reshaping of British Railways and released in 1964.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Honeybourne Line and station open		Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway		Evesham Line and station open

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 144. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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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 Ashton-under-Hill Beckford

Honeybourne Line	Broadway

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