Upton-on-Severn railway station

Upton-on-Severn railway station was a railway station serving Upton-on-Severn in the English county of Worcestershire.

History It was opened by the Midland Railway's Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway between Great Malvern and Ashchurch.Preston Hendry, R., Powell Hendry, R., (1982) An historical survey of selected LMS stations : layouts and illustrations. Vol. 1 Oxford Publishing

At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, with British Railways taking over upon nationalisation of the railway system in January 1948. The British Transport Commission withdrew the service to Great Malvern on 1 December 1952, with the station henceforth becoming a terminus. It then closed to passengers on 14 August 1961, with the withdrawal of the remaining trains from Ashchurch.Welcome to Upton on Severn; Retrieved 28 September 2016 Freight traffic continued until July 1963, when the Upton to Tewkesbury section was closed completely.

The station was subsequently demolished and no trace now remains.

Stationmasters

H. Rich ca. 1864 ca. 1866 Samuel Hawkins Orchard until 1872 (afterwards station master at Stapleford and Sandiacre) Henry Lewis 1872 - 1877 A. Withers 1877 - 1878 F.H. Parsons 1878 - 1881 W.H. Adcock 1881 - 1883 R. Nash 1883 - 1905 William Garner Johnson 1906 - ca. 1929 Edward Harry Taylor ca. 1948

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