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. 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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