The Stratford on Avon and Broadway Railway project (SBR) was an English railway project which aimed to re-open the closed railway line from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire to Honeybourne railway station, Worcestershire for main-line connection.
A later extension was planned to Broadway, Worcestershire where the line could link up with the proposed northern extension of the Gloucs-Warks Heritage Railway.
The railway operated at the former Long Marston Ministry of Defence depot. The railway operated at the north west corner of the site which is now the location of the proposed new Middle Quinton Eco-town.
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