Southam Road and Harbury railway station

Former railway station in Warwickshire, England

52°14′04″N 1°25′57″W / 52.23457°N 1.43256°W / 52.23457; -1.43256Grid referenceSP388597Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBirmingham and Oxford Junction RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1 October 1852Station opens2 November 1964Station closes
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Southam Road and Harbury railway station was a railway station, located 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Harbury, and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-west of Southam, Warwickshire.

History

The station was on the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway, which was taken over by the Great Western Railway prior to opening from Banbury to Birmingham on 1 October 1852; Southam Road and Harbury was one of nine intermediate stations originally provided.[1] The station was brick-built and had a goods siding.

British Railways closed the station to goods traffic on 11 November 1963,[2] and to passengers on 2 November 1964.[3][4] It was subsequently demolished and few traces remain. The route is now part of the Chiltern Main Line.

Route

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Fenny Compton
Line open; station closed
  Great Western Railway
Chiltern Main Line
  Leamington Spa
Line and station open

See also

Notes

References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (March 2004). Banbury to Birmingham. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-27-6.
  • "Services withdrawn by L.M.R.". Railway Magazine. Vol. 110, no. 764. Westminster: Tothill Press. December 1964.

External links

  • Southam Road and Harbury station on navigable 1954 O.S. map
  • Southam Road and Harbury station today
  • Southam Road and Harbury station on Warwickshire Railways
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