Salford Priors Station

LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Brief Overview of Salford Station

Salford Priors was just a short distance south from Broom Junction and as with Harvington was opened for goods traffic on 16th June 1866 and on 17th September 1866 for passenger traffic. The station would not in all probability have been built if Broom Junction had been built first the latter being built to accommodate the Evesham, Redditch & Stratford Railway's (latterly the SMJR) junction. The station was similar in layout and design to Harvington and Studley & Astwood Bank stations having single faced platform, goods shed and yard to the northern end of the station and station master's house with single storey passenger and booking office facilities. Access to the station was via a side gate from the approach road that also served the goods yard. Steps from the road bridge provided an alternative approach to passengers approaching by foot.

The goods facilities included two sidings one of which was via a loop off the main line and provided access to the goods shed. A one and half ton manually operated crane facilitated the handling of larger loads and the goods yard could therefore handle furniture, livestock, horseboxes, agricultural products and inwards coal traffic the yard having a capacity for thirty-five vehicles. In 1910 the station saw a private connection installed for Bromford & Evershed Engineering works. The station line officially closed on 17th September 1963 although the last train to run was on 1st October 1962 with a bus service replacing the train service until the line's closure conformed to legal requirements.

Views of Salford Priors station

Ref: mrsp336 Anon Looking towards Redditch with the single platform station and the goods yard's facilities on the left

Ref: mrsp336a Anon Close up showing the booking office and passenger facilities on the left in the single storey section of the station building

Ref: mrsp337 Real Photos Looking towards Redditch along the single faced platform showing the LMS 'Hawkeye' station nameboard

Ref: mrsp337a Real Photos Close up showing the platform, the station master's house and booking office and waiting rooms in greater detail

Ref: mrsp578 P Jarvis View showing to the left of the station house, the weigh bridge office which would be used by the local merchants

Ref: mrsp581 RF Burrows View of Salford Priors station during LMS ownership prior to the replacement of the MR angled station nameboard

Ref: mrsp1350 J Moss View of Salford Priors station taken from the road bridge located at the Evesham end of the station

Ref: mrsp1421 J Stedman An undated oblique view of Salford Priors station and goods yard as seen from Salford Road overbridge

Ref: mrsp1421a J Stedman Close up showing the passenger facilities on the left and the goods shed and siding on the right

Ref: mrsp580 P Jarvis Close up of the station master's house showing the LMS Hawkeye name board on the left

Ref: mrsp1351 J Moss Looking along the platform towards Evesham with the over bridge carrying Station Road behind

Ref: mrsp1420 J Stedman An undated view looking along the platform towards Evesham with the goods shed partly visible on the right

Ref: mrsp1418 G Skelsey View of Salford Priors station taken just a few months prior to the temporary closure of the station

Ref: mrsp1419 G Skelsey One of Salford Priors station's lampposts with the station name still visible on the outward face of the lantern

Ref: mrsp1353 FA Wycherley A panoramic view of Salford Priors station with the pedestrian entrances to the platform seen at both ends

Ref: mrsp1353a FA Wycherley Close up showing the road over bridge on the left and Salford Priors station building on the right

Ref: mrsp377 Disused Stations Front elevation of the station with the Midland style name board still extant and taken from the fields opposite

Ref: mrsp378 Disused Stations Salford Priors station since its closure and after being turned in to a private dwelling

Salford Priors goods yard and siding

Ref: mrsp579 J Moss View of the station from the goods yard looking towards Evesham just prior to closure in 1962

Ref: mrsp1352 J Moss Looking towards Redditch with the goods yard on the left and Bomford & Evershed Ltd on the right

Ref: mrsp1352a J Moss Close up showing the cattle dock in the distance and the turnout to access Bomford and Evershed's factory

Ref: mrsp1353b FA Wycherley Close up showing the entrance to the station via the station approach road and the weighbridge office

Ref: mrsp1350a J Moss Close up of what appears to be the remnants of the Stage adjacent to Bomford and Evershed's siding

Ref: mrsp581a RF Burrows Close up showing the station's booking office and goods shed and yard in greater detail

Ordnance Survey Map and Signalling Diagram

Ref: mrsp1349 Ordnance Survey OS map showing the station prior to the completion of the 1907 work for Bomford and Evershed's siding

Ref: mrsp1354 AE Overton The 1910 signalling diagram showing the new connections to accommodate Bomford and Evershed's new siding

Ref: salford-priors-map Disused Stations Ordnance Survey map showing the location of the station in relation to the village of Salford Priors