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Shipston-on-Stour railway station was a railway station which served the town of
Shipston-on-Stour Station
Shipston on Stour. Railway Station
* ttps://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/GreatWestern/Narrowgauge/Shipston.html Shipston-on-Stour Branch
Shipston-on-Stour Branch
The Shipston on Stour Branch
{{Warwickshire railway stations, disused Disused railway stations in Warwickshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1836 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Shipston-on-Stour
Shipston-on-Stour
Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is located on the banks of the River Stour, south-southeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, 10 miles (16 km) north-northwest of Chipping Norto ...
, 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-Avon an ...
. It was the terminus of the Shipston-on-Stour branch
The Shipston-on-Stour branch was a -long single-track branch railway line that ran between a junction near Moreton-in-Marsh, on the present day Cotswold Line, to Shipston-on-Stour, via two intermediate stations, , and .
History
The line started ...
.
History
The station was originally opened in 1836 as part of the as the Moreton and Shipston Tramway, which was converted to railway use in 1889. The carrying of passengers ceased on 8 July 1929, following which theGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...
instituted a bus service between Banbury
Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. It had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.
Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshire ...
and Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about south-west of Banbury and north-west of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as ...
that ran 8 times daily in each direction. The facility to handling freight was retained until the line closed completely in 1960, after which the track was lifted.
Present day
The wooden passenger station building was demolished sometime in the late 1970s. Portions of the platforms however remained in place and - along with the complete goods station building, livestock pens and engine shed - were utilized by a number of small businesses well into the late 1990s. However, all the buildings were eventually demolished as the site was cleared and built on by a large housing development which also built onto the track formation and goods yard. There are only sections of track bed traceable and the weigh office is now in private use.
References
Shipston-on-Stour Station
Shipston on Stour. Railway Station
* ttps://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/GreatWestern/Narrowgauge/Shipston.html Shipston-on-Stour Branch
Shipston-on-Stour Branch
The Shipston on Stour Branch
{{Warwickshire railway stations, disused Disused railway stations in Warwickshire Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1836 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 Shipston-on-Stour