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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

Bidford on Avon: smjboa161

View of the station's booking office after closure to passenger services on 16th June 1947

View of the station's booking office after closure to passenger services on 16th June 1947. Despite the cessation of passenger services, both Bidford and Binton station remained open until 23rd May 1949 with freight traffic continuing for another decade, not ceasing until 1960, following which the line was lifted. The lack of sufficient funding was always an issue with the route from the its original incarnation as the Evesham, Redditch & Stratford upon Avon Junction Railway right through to its last days as a constituent member of British Railways. On the left a ladder secured horizontally is evident whilst attached to the bridge pier an LMS bridge plate showing the numbers 108 can be seen.

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