Binton railway station was a

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serving

Binton Binton is a village and civil parish in the Stratford district of Warwickshire, England. It is about west of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 272, increasing to 311 at the 2011 census. History The na ...

in the

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county of

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Av ...

. Opened by the Evesham Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway between Broom Junction and Stratford upon Avon, it was adjacent to the Evesham Road midway between Binton and Welford-on-Avon.

History

The

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had opened between Stratford-upon-Avon and

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between 1871 and 1873. Income from the line was much less than hoped for. A new section, promoted as the Evesham Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway, was incorporated in 1873 and opened in 1879. This connected with the

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at Broom Junction. By this time however the East and West Junction had ceased carrying passengers, and did not restart until 1885 which is when this station was built.Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) ''An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1'' Oxford Publishing However though the East and West had been using the ER&SJ, it had not been making any payments and the latter became virtually bankrupt in 1886. They were helped by a partial organisation in 1908 with the merger into the

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-we ...

The group of lines carried on unsteadily until

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in 1923 when they became part of the

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This line to the west of Stratford was treated as being separate by the LMS and passenger traffic was minimal, being limited to, in 1905 for instance, four trains daily in each direction. This continued until 1938, when World War II meant that the service was reduced to one day train daily in each direction. Even this service was discontinued on 16 June 1947. Both this station and Bidford-on-Avon closed on 23 May 1949. Freight traffic ceased in 1960 and the line was lifted. The station was constructed of local blue lias stone (Binton stone) with brick chimneys. The stone for the station and the goods shed could well have been dug out of the deep cutting next to the station in the direction of Broom junction . There was one platform for the single line which had a passing loop to the west. This connected to a siding to the rear of the station with a carriage dock and a goods shed which included the luxury of a 30 cwt hand-operated crane. , virtually all trace of the line has disappeared. Binton station survives as a private house (converted in 2019) when the goods shed was demolished.

Routes

References

External links

This station's entry on Warwickshire Railways
{{coord, 52.17616, -1.79329, type:railwaystation_region:GB_source:npemap.org.uk-enwiki, display=title Disused railway stations in Warwickshire Former Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1949