Hinton railway station (England)

Hinton railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Tewkesbury and Evesham, England. It opened 1 October 1864[1] by the Midland Railway. The station served Hinton-on-the-Green in Worcestershire.

Hinton
Site of Hinton railway station
General information
Location	Hinton-on-the-Green, Worcestershire England
Coordinates	52.0621°N 1.9748°W / 52.0621; -1.9748
Grid reference	SP018404
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1864	Opened[1]
17 June 1963	Closed to passengers[1]
1 July 1963	Closed[1]

During World War II, the area surrounding the station was used as a military fuel dump and it was subject to at least one unsuccessful air attack. Following the station's closure in 1963,[2] the area was used by several companies for storage including the local Midlands Electricity Board who used it to store electrical mains equipment.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Ashton-under-Hill Line and station closed		Midland Railway Evesham Loop Line		Bengeworth Line and station closed

References

"Station Name: Hinton". Disused Stations. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 228. OCLC 931112387.

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line Cotswold Line
Closed lines	Oxford–Worcester–Wolverhampton line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)
Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall
Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Bredon Eckington Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn Wadborough
Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt
Heritage railways	Severn Valley Railway
Under construction	Broadway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144
Companies	Diamond West Midlands First Midland Red
Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme
Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle paths

Closed railway stations in Worcestershire
Tenbury and Bewdley Railway	Newnham Bridge Wyre Forest
Worcester, Bromyard and Leominster Railway	Suckley Knightwick Leigh Court
Worcester and Hereford Railway	Henwick Boughton Halt Rushwick Halt Bransford Road Newland Halt Malvern Wells
Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway	Malvern Hanley Road Upton-on-Severn Ripple
Severn Valley Railway	Rifle Range Halt Foley Park Halt Burlish Halt Stourport-on-Severn
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Cutnall Green Halt Stoke Works Fernhill Heath Blackpole Halt Astwood Halt Norton Halt Stoulton Wyre Halt Fladbury Littleton and Badsey
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cofton Blackwell Stoke Works Dodderhill Dunhampstead Oddingley Bredicot Spetchley Norton (B&G) Abbots Wood Junction Wadborough Pirton Besford Defford Eckington Bredon
Gloucester loop line	Harvington Bengeworth Hinton (Worcestershire) Ashton-under-Hill Beckford
Honeybourne Line	Broadway

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Hinton railway station (England)

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