Grid reference SP073448 Platforms in use 2 | 4 June 1853 (1853-06-04) Station opened | |
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Similar Ripple railway station, Ashton‑under‑Hill railway station, Bengeworth railway station, Upton‑on‑Severn railway station, Bredon railway station |
Littleton and Badsey railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line, near the town of Evesham, Worcestershire in England. It served the villages of Badsey, South Littleton, Middle Littleton and North Littleton.
The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway on 4 June 1853. The 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways listed the station for closure, and British Railways closed the station on 3 January 1966.
Littleton and Badsey was one of the stations Flanders and Swann mentioned in song Slow Train, which was written in response to The Reshaping of British Railways and released in 1964.
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