Malvern Hanley Road
The station in 1951
General information
LocationMalvern Wells, Malvern Hills
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1862Station opens as Malvern Wells (MR)
2 March 1951renamed Malvern Hanley Road
1 December 1952Station closes
Pre Grouping railway junctions around Abbotswood, Malvern (lower left), Stoke Prior & Worcester

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.[note 1][1][2]

The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1939.[3]

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.[1][4]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.[note 2][note 3][note 4]
  2. Bradshaw, George (2011) [December 1895]. Bradshaw's Rail Times for Great Britain and Ireland December 1895: A Reprint of the Classic Timetable Complete with Period Advertisements and Shipping Connections to All Parts. Midhurst: Middleton Press. pp. 46 & 395. ISBN 978-1-908174-11-6. OCLC 832579861.
  3. Bradshaw, George (1985) [July 1922]. Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland: A reprint of the July 1922 issue. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 100 & 666. ISBN 978-0-7153-8708-5. OCLC 12500436.
  4. The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. p. 81. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

Citations

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain (1st ed.). Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 560. ISBN 978-1-78803-768-6.
  3. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 22. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  4. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 8 (refs 0329 & 0330). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

Further reading

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006). Bromsgrove to Gloucester. Middleton Press. fig. 75. ISBN 9781904474739. OCLC 931169432.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Great Malvern
Line closed		   Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway
Midland Railway		   Upton-on-Severn
Line and station closed

52°04′44″N 2°18′58″W / 52.0790°N 2.3162°W / 52.0790; -2.3162


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