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Southam Road and Harbury railway station

Coordinates: 52°14′04″N 1°25′57″W / 52.23457°N 1.43256°W / 52.23457; -1.43256
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Southam Road and Harbury
Station remains in 2005
General information
LocationHarbury, District of Stratford-on-Avon
England
Coordinates52°14′04″N 1°25′57″W / 52.23457°N 1.43256°W / 52.23457; -1.43256
Grid referenceSP388597
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBirmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 October 1852Station opens
2 November 1964Station closes
Location
Map

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

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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

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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

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Notes

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References

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  • 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.
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