History
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway opened the station in 1853. Between 1854 and 1861 it served as a junction for Oxford-bound passengers changing from through trains between Worcester and London Euston, for which role a refreshment room was provided.
On 30 January 1965 it was the destination for the funeral train of Sir Winston Churchill hauled by Battle of Britain class locomotive No. 34051 Winston Churchill.
In January 1966 the station was de-staffed, following which the standard O.W.& W.R. wooden station building and goods shed were demolished.
In 1993 the station was renamed from Handborough (note the change in spelling).
In recent years passenger traffic at Hanborough has grown rapidly. In the eight years 2003–11 the number of passengers using the station increased by 70%, which has overwhelmed the capacity of the station car park (see above). In August 2011 First Great Western and a house-building company jointly proposed a new development on a green field site next to the station that would provide a new homes and a new 100-space car park.
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