Littleton and Badsey railway station
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Littleton and Badsey railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway
's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line
, near the town of Evesham
, Worcestershire in England. It served the villages of Badsey
, South Littleton
, Middle Littleton and North Littleton.
The 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways
listed the station for closure, and British Rail
ways closed the station 1966.
Littleton and Badsey was one of the stations Flanders and Swann
mentioned in song Slow Train
, which was written in response The Reshaping of British Railways and released in 1964.
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
's Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton line
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway was a company authorised on 4 August 1845 to construct a railway line from the Oxford and Rugby Railway at Wolvercot Junction to Worcester, Stourbridge, Dudley, and Wolverhampton, with a branch to the Grand Junction Railway at Bushbury...
, near the town of Evesham
Evesham
Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...
, Worcestershire in England. It served the villages of Badsey
Badsey
Badsey is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. It has two parks and a small first school located in the centre of the village.-Location:...
, South Littleton
South Littleton
South Littleton is a village and civil parish located in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England.South Littleton is located midway between Evesham and Bidford on Avon. South Littleton is the largest of The Littletons, with North and Middle Littleton being smaller...
, Middle Littleton and North Littleton.
The 1963 report The Reshaping of British Railways
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
listed the station for closure, and British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
ways closed the station 1966.
Littleton and Badsey was one of the stations Flanders and Swann
Flanders and Swann
The British duo Flanders and Swann were the actor and singer Michael Flanders and the composer, pianist and linguist Donald Swann , who collaborated in writing and performing comic songs....
mentioned in song Slow Train
Slow Train
"Slow Train" is a song by the British duo Flanders and Swann, written in 1963.It laments the loss of British stations and railway lines in that era, due to the Beeching cuts, and also the passing of a way of life, with the advent of motorways etc....
, which was written in response The Reshaping of British Railways and released in 1964.