Details and History
Hartlebury station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway in 1852, and from 1862 to 1963 it served as the starting point of the Severn Valley Railway, which ran to Shrewsbury in Shropshire, a distance of 40 miles.
The original station had an overbridge and canopies but these were removed in the 1960s, during a period of rationalisation on the railways, and crossing the platforms must now be done via the road. As the old station building is now privately owned, waiting passengers are provided with bus shelter-style structures to shelter from the elements. Due to the station having short platforms longer trains cannot stop here.
After being used by a marine engineering company, the old station building is currently being redeveloped as a micro-brewery, pub and restaurant.
There is a level crossing at the north end of the station, operated by Hartlebury Station Box (to the North of the crossing).
Hartlebury Station Box is an example of the second signal box design from McKenzie & Holland of Worcester, and became operational in 1876. A further signal box, Hartlebury Junction, previously existed at the junction of the Severn Valley line, but was demolished after the closure of the line rendered the box superfluous.
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