Malvern Hanley Road railway station

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

Malvern Hanley Road
The station in 1951
Location	Malvern Wells, Malvern Hills England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1862	Station opens as Malvern Wells (MR)
2 March 1951	renamed Malvern Hanley Road
1 December 1952	Station closes

Pre Grouping railway junctions around Abbotswood, Malvern (lower left), Stoke Prior & Worcester

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 and 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. Butt, R. V. J. (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.
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). 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