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Longdon Road railway station

Coordinates: 52°04′33″N 1°40′12″W / 52.0758°N 1.6699°W / 52.0758; -1.6699
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Longdon Road
Site of Longdon Road station level crossing with the station was on the left.
General information
LocationDarlingscott, Warwickshire
England
Coordinates52°04′33″N 1°40′12″W / 52.0758°N 1.6699°W / 52.0758; -1.6699
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyStratford and Moreton Tramway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
11 February 1836 (as tramway station), 1 July 1889 (as railway station)Opened[1]
8 July 1929Closed to passenger services
2 May 1960Closed to freight traffic

Longdon Road railway station served the hamlet of Darlingscott, Warwickshire. It was on the branch line from Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston.

History

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The station was originally opened on the Moreton in Marsh and Shipston Tramway, which was converted to a railway in 1889. The railway closed to passengers in 1929 but remained open for freight until 1960. The track has been dismantled.

Present day

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As at 2023 the station platform is in situ but heavily covered by undergrowth.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Stretton-on-Fosse   Stratford and Moreton Tramway
Later O,W&WR, finally GWR
Shipston-on-Stour branch
  Shipston-on-Stour

References

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  1. ^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.