Grid reference SO601589 Platforms in use 2 | 1 September 1897 (1897-09-01) Station opened | |
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Similar Rowden Mill railway station, Berrington and Eye railway st, Holme Lacy railway st, Ashperton railway station, Ballingham railway station | ||
Fencote railway station was a railway station located on the Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway in England.
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Opening
Opened as part of the final section of the Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway, the railway was bought out of bankcruptcy by the Great Western Railway in 1888, who completed the line in 1897.
Closure
Post the Second World War, and with the greater use of the motorbus and private cars, traffic on the line fell considerably. Unstaffed as a station from September 1949, the line closed to regular passenger services on 15 September 1952.
On 26 April 1958 a special train organised by the Stephenson Locomotive Society ran from Worcester via Bromyard to Leominster, calling at Rowden Mill, Fencote and Steen's Bridge. The 50 society members/passengers rode on the last train that would run on the complete track before it was removed. The Worcester to Bromyard section, kept open for the storage of disused and soon to be scrapped railway wagons, was closed under the Beeching Axe in 1964.
Present
In 1980, Fencote was bought by ex-railway employee Mr K Matthews, restored as a private residence. He has since restored the signal box, and re-installed sections of the track either side of station.
In 1984, neighbouring station Rowden Mill was bought and restored by John Wilkinson.
Both sites are occasionally open for public access and viewing, but without operational trains.