Coughton railway station

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.

Coughton
LocationCoughton, Warwickshire, Stratford-on-Avon
England
Coordinates52.2444°N 1.8930°W / 52.2444; -1.8930
Grid referenceSP073607
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEvesham and Redditch Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
8 May 1868Opened[1]
30 June 1952Closed[1]
Railway bridge on Coughton Lane. The station was about 500 metres to the north west of here immediately beyond the bridge over Sambourne Lane

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.

References

  1. "Station Name: Coughton". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Cheltenham to Redditch. Middleton Press. figs. 88-92. ISBN 9781904474814. OCLC 851839542.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Studley and Astwood Bank
Line and station closed
  London Midland and Scottish Railway
Evesham loop line
  Alcester
Line and station closed


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