Longdon Road railway station

Railway station in Warwickshire, England

52°04′33″N 1°40′12″W / 52.0758°N 1.6699°W / 52.0758; -1.6699Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyStratford and Moreton TramwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates11 February 1836 (as tramway station), 1 July 1889 (as railway station)Opened^[1]8 July 1929Closed to passenger services2 May 1960Closed to freight traffic

Longdon Road railway station served the hamlet of Darlingscott, Warwickshire. It was on the branch line from Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston.

History

The station was originally opened on the Moreton in Marsh and Shipston Tramway, which was converted to a railway in 1889. The railway closed to passengers in 1929 but remained open for freight until 1960. The track has been dismantled.

Present day

As at 2023 the station platform is in situ but heavily covered by undergrowth.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Stretton-on-Fosse		Stratford and Moreton Tramway Later O,W&WR, finally GWR Shipston-on-Stour branch		Shipston-on-Stour

References

^ Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.

Longdon Road at warwickshirerailways.com
GWR Route: Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour
The Shipston-on-Stour Branch by Stanley C Jenkins and Roger Carpenter - Warwickshire Railways
Shipston-on-Stour Branch
Shipston-on-Stour Branch
The Shipston on Stour Branch
Rail Album - Stratford-upon-Avon & Moreton-in-Marsh Railway - Page 3

Railway stations in Warwickshire

Open stations

Birmingham–Peterborough line	Water Orton Coleshill Parkway Nuneaton
Chiltern Main Line	Lapworth Hatton Warwick Parkway Warwick Leamington Spa
Coventry–Leamington line	Kenilworth Leamington Spa
Coventry to Nuneaton line	Bedworth Bermuda Park Nuneaton
Leamington–Stratford line	Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Wilmcote Bearley Claverdon Hatton Warwick Parkway Warwick Leamington Spa
North Warwickshire Line	The Lakes Wood End Danzey Henley-in-Arden Wootton Wawen Wilmcote Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway Stratford-upon-Avon
West Coast Main Line	Polesworth Atherstone Nuneaton Rugby

Disused

Alcester–Bearley line	Great Alne Aston Cantlow Halt
Birmingham–Peterborough line	Whitacre Junction Shustoke Arley and Fillongley Arley Colliery Sidings Worker's Platform Stockingford Nuneaton (Abbey Street)
Chiltern Main Line	Southam Road and Harbury Fenny Compton
Coventry–Leamington line	Warwick (Milverton) Leamington Spa (Avenue)
Coventry to Nuneaton line	Chilvers Coton Hawkesbury Lane
Gloucester loop line	Studley & Astwood Bank Coughton Alcester Wixford Broom Junction Salford Priors
Great Central Main Line	Rugby Central Braunston and Willoughby
Honeybourne Line	Evesham Road Crossing Halt Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Platform Chambers Crossing Halt Milcote Long Marston
Weedon–Marton Junction line	Southam and Long Itchington Napton and Stockton Flecknoe
Rugby–Leamington line‎	Dunchurch Birdingbury Marton (Warwicks)
Stonebridge Railway	Whitacre Junction Maxstoke
Shipston-on-Stour branch	Longdon Road Stretton-on-Fosse Shipston-on-Stour
Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway	Broom Junction Bidford-on-Avon Binton Stratford-upon-Avon (Old Town) Ettington Kineton Burton Dassett North End Fenny Compton West
Trent Valley Line (WCML)	Bulkington Shilton Brinklow
Birmingham loop (WCML)	Brandon and Wolston
Miscellaneous stations	Clifton Mill Kingsbury