Malvern Hanley Road railway station

{{short description|Former railway station in Worcestershire, England}}

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{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Malvern Hanley Road

| status = Disused

| image = Malvern Wells (Hanley Road) railway station 1714790 fea32eef.jpg

| caption = The station in 1951

| borough = Malvern Wells, Malvern Hills

| country = England

| platforms = 2

| original = Midland Railway

| postgroup = London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways

| years = 1 July 1862

| events = Station opens as Malvern Wells (MR)

| years1 = 2 March 1951

| events1 = renamed Malvern Hanley Road

| years2 = 1 December 1952

| events2 = Station closes

}}

File:Abbotswood, Malvern, Stroke Prior & Worcester RJD 81.jpg

Malvern Hanley Road railway station was a Midland Railway (MR) station on the Malvern, Tewkesbury and Ashchurch line.

The station was opened as Malvern Wells on 1 July 1862 by the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway before it became part of the MR.{{NoteTag|name=nt1}}{{Butt-Stations|p=153}}{{Grant-RailCo|page=560}}

The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939.{{cite book|last=McRae|first=Andrew|title=British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region) |volume=Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One) |publisher=Foxline |year=1997 |isbn=1-870119-48-7|page=22}}

The station was renamed Malvern Hanley Road on 2 March 1951 only to close a year later on 1 December 1952 when the line closed.{{cite book|last=Hurst|first=Geoffrey|date=1992|title=Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991|location=Worksop, Nottinghamshire|publisher=Milepost Publications|isbn=0-9477-9618-5|page=8 (refs 0329 & 0330)}}

References

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{{NoteTag|name=nt1|There is some confusion about station names in Malvern. The GWR had three stations on its Hereford to Worcester line, they were:

  • Malvern Wells (which was usually suffixed with GW in timetables).
  • Then came the junction with the Midland Railway called Malvern Junction but there was no actual station located at the junction.
  • Great Malvern.
  • Malvern Link.

The Midland Railway station was also called Malvern Wells and was often suffixed with Mid or MR in the timetables. Bradshaws timetables for 1895 and 1922 both have a note attached to the MR station saying Hanley Road Station; about 1¾ mile to The Common Station, Great Western Railway.{{Bradshaw-1895December|pages=46 & 395}}{{Bradshaw-1922July|pages=100 & 666}}{{RCH (1904)|page=81}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Bromsgrove to Gloucester|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=fig. 75|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2006|isbn=9781904474739|oclc=931169432}}

{{Disused Rail Start}}

{{rail line|previous=Great Malvern
Line closed|next=Upton-on-Severn
Line and station closed|route=Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
Midland Railway|col={{MR colour}}}}

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{{Transport in Worcestershire}}

{{Closed stations Worcestershire}}

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Category:Disused railway stations in Worcestershire

Category:Malvern, Worcestershire

Category:Former Midland Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952

Category:1862 establishments in England

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