Ashperton railway station

52°03′34″N 2°30′40″W / 52.0594°N 2.5110°W / 52.0594; -2.5110Grid referenceSO650402Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyWorcester and Hereford RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates13 September 1861Station opens as Ashperton2 November 1964Station renamed Ashperton Halt5 April 1965Station closed

Ashperton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ashperton in Herefordshire, England. It was located on what is now known as the Cotswold Line.

History

Opened by the Worcester and Hereford Railway, it became part of the West Midland Railway then was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stoke Edith		Great Western Railway Worcester and Hereford Railway		Ledbury

The site today

Trains on the Cotswold Line pass the site. Geograph [1]

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2004). Worcester to Hereford. Middleton Press. figs. 102-103. ISBN 9781904474388. OCLC 862604858.