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The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR) was formed by the combination of four railway companies. [note 1] Those companies themselves had been formed with the intention of facilitating the transport of Northamptonshire iron ore to South Wales. The ironstone available to the South Wales iron-making industries had become scarce ...
Helmdon Village railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJ) served the Northamptonshire village of Helmdon between 1872 and 1951. It was one of two stations serving the lightly populated rural area, the other being Helmdon railway station on the Great Central Main Line, and its closure marked the beginning of the years of decline for the SMJ line.
Morton Pinkney (also known as Morton Pinkney for Sulgrave) was a railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJ) which served the Northamptonshire village of Moreton Pinkney between 1873 and 1952. It was situated not far from Sulgrave Manor, the ancestral home of George Washington's family.
The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway was a railway from Stratford-upon-Avon to Olney. Stations on the former line within Northamptonshire include: [1] Aston le walls railway station; Byfield railway station; Morton Pinkney railway station; Blakesley railway station; Tiffield railway station; Towcester railway station; Stoke ...
The Evesham, Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway obtained an act of Parliament, the Evesham, Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. ccxlv), to build a line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Broom Junction on 5 August 1873. It opened its line on 2 June 1879 and was worked by the E&WJR. [15]
Broom Junction was a railway station serving the village of Broom in Warwickshire, England. It was an interchange for both the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway and the Barnt Green to Ashchurch line. Although initially only an exchange station, it was opened to the public from 1880 and remained in service until 1963.
The junction at Broom with the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway faced north. For a time the Midland Railway used the SoA&MJR line as a through goods link between its system in Northamptonshire and the Gloucestershire network, but the poor facilities of the route and the necessity to reverse at Broom to continue the journey over ...
Consequently, Stratford-upon-Avon became the southern terminus of the line from Birmingham and Hatton. [4] [5] Between 1873 and 1952, Stratford-upon-Avon was also served by Stratford Old Town railway station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (SMJR). [6]