Stratford Old Town railway station was a

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that served the town of

Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon (district), Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of Engl ...

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

, England. On the

Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was a railway company in the southern Midlands of England, formed at the beginning of 1909 by the merger of three earlier companies: *the ''East and West Junction Railway'', *the ''E ...

, the station was built in 1873, adjacent to the Old Town district, south of the town centre.

History

Opened on 1 July 1873, along with the other stations on the line, the station lasted less than a century: the station closed to passengers on 7 April 1952, although there was one train carrying

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to Stratford in 1964. The line remained open for freight until 1965.

Remains

The A4390 bypass road was built over the route of the railway since closure. However one platform of the old station was retained and is still visible by the roadside. > File:Platform remains by A4390 (geograph 4313744).jpg, Remaining platform

Routes

References

External links

Stratford Old Town on navigable 1954 O. S. map

{{Coord, 52.1843, -1.7108, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Warwickshire Former Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1873 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1877 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952