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As a passenger station, Broom was not particularly successful: it served a small rural community and was very susceptible to road competition. Passenger services to
Stratford were temporarily withdrawn on 16 June 1947 and permanently from 23 May 1949, at which point the station was only seeing two
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Although initially only an exchange station, it was opened to the public from 1880 and remained in service until 1963. Other than passengers changing trains, passenger traffic was low as the station was situated in a sparsely populated area. The line to
Stratford was the first to close in 1960,
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was provided at Broom to allow passengers to change trains en route. Trains from the E&WJ worked into a single north-facing platform by an awkward west to north movement, across the main lines. The return journey required a reversal south to the
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continued to wait at Broom for 20 minutes for a connection which had long ceased. Goods services between
Stratford and Broom continued until 13 June 1960, the freight being diverted via a new south curve at Stratford between the SMJR and
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on the other side of the road bridge. The
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daily workings. Its ghost lingered on in the Barnt Green to
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bodies and a small brick booking office; a sectional concrete shed was added later. At first two north and south
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Clinker's
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services. This required two new signal boxes: one on the curve entrance from
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Shakespeare's Railways: The lines around Stratford-upon-Avon Then and Now
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where it formed a northward facing junction with the E&R's line.
694:. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. p. Plates 32 and 33.
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were provided, but this arrangement was rationalised in 1934 by the
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A History of the Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway
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which had opened six years previously. The new line joined at the
535:. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 20.
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from 1 October 1962 due to the unsafe condition of the track;
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to join with the Evesham & Redditch Railway's (E&R)
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Subterranea Britannica, "Broom Junction", 24 February 2008.
731:. Newton Abbot, Devon: David St John Thomas. p. 138.
635:. Headington, Oxford: Oxford Railway Pub. Co. p. 66.
435:
Evesham, Redditch and Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway
610:. Kidderminster, Worcs: Mid England Books. p. 23.
350:, and another on the original connecting line known as
560:. Blandford, Dorset: The Oakwood Press. pp. 5–6.
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The new line opened to traffic on 2 June 1879 and an
585:. Witney, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. p. 13.
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1717:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1879
669:. Trowbridge, Wilts: Oakwood Press. p. 52.
281:Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
238:Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
127:Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
665:Croughton, G.; Kidner, R.W.; Young, A. (1982).
391:provided a replacement bus service using hired
16:Former railway station in Warwickshire, England
236:, England. It was an interchange for both the
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790:Rail Around Birmingham and the West Midlands.
690:Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (November 2008).
379:. The Barnt Green line itself closed between
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558:The Stratford & Midland Junction Railway
729:Forgotten Railways: Chilterns and Cotswolds
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667:Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations
354:. All three later closed on 5 July 1962.
141:London Midland Region of British Railways
1707:Disused railway stations in Warwickshire
1219:Arley Colliery Sidings Worker's Platform
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1387:Stratford-upon-Avon Racecourse Platform
502:
203:Withdrawal of replacement bus services
751:Mitchell, V. and Smith, K., Plate 32.
7:
804:Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2006).
328:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
137:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
769:Davies, R. and Grant, M.D., p. 154.
717:Riley, R.C. and Simpson, B., p. 49.
655:Riley, R.C. and Simpson, B., p. 13.
513:, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford,
14:
581:Riley, R.C.; Simpson, B. (1999).
511:The Directory of Railway Stations
111:Evesham & Redditch Railway /
808:. Middleton Press. figs. 68-73.
727:Davies, R.; Grant, M.D. (1984).
1712:Former Midland Railway stations
1544:Stratford-upon-Avon (Old Town)
531:Clinker, C.R. (October 1978).
258:East and West Junction Railway
171:End of SMJR passenger services
155:Opened as an exchange platform
113:East and West Junction Railway
1:
692:Branch Lines Around Towcester
266:Barnt Green to Ashchurch line
242:Barnt Green to Ashchurch line
1521:and Midland Junction Railway
1196:Birmingham–Peterborough line
889:Birmingham–Peterborough line
1420:Southam and Long Itchington
1412:Weedon–Marton Junction line
1102:Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
1019:Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway
488:Warwickshire County Council
262:Stratford to Blisworth line
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1382:Evesham Road Crossing Halt
1316:Studley & Astwood Bank
179:End of SMJR goods services
1285:Coventry to Nuneaton line
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1364:Braunston and Willoughby
1262:Coventry–Leamington line
1247:Southam Road and Harbury
955:Coventry–Leamington line
1351:Great Central Main Line
1275:Leamington Spa (Avenue)
1229:Nuneaton (Abbey Street)
1064:North Warwickshire Line
631:Jordan, Arthur (1982).
228:serving the village of
187:Closure of signal boxes
163:Became a public station
41:Station in October 1960
1683:52.178808°N 1.876671°W
1634:Miscellaneous stations
1440:Rugby–Leamington line‎
1392:Chambers Crossing Halt
806:Cheltenham to Redditch
606:Boynton, John (1994).
362:
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1173:Alcester–Bearley line
509:Butt, R.V.J. (1995).
368:Birmingham New Street
361:Station site in 2005.
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285:Olney railway station
1688:52.178808; -1.876671
1308:Gloucester loop line
1214:Arley and Fillongley
1117:West Coast Main Line
334:. The advent of the
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1519:Stratford-upon-Avon
1468:Stonebridge Railway
1425:Napton and Stockton
1270:Warwick (Milverton)
1107:Stratford-upon-Avon
1014:Stratford-upon-Avon
760:Boynton, J., p. 31.
556:Dunn, J.M. (1977).
47:General information
1569:Fenny Compton West
1239:Chiltern Main Line
1186:Aston Cantlow Halt
917:Chiltern Main Line
416:Following station
404:Preceding station
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1579:Trent Valley Line
1509:Shipston-on-Stour
1504:Stretton-on-Fosse
1476:Whitacre Junction
1458:Marton (Warwicks)
1204:Whitacre Junction
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902:Coleshill Parkway
701:978-1-906008-39-0
642:978-0-86093-131-7
592:978-1-899246-20-5
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168:23 May 1949
152:2 June 1879
1701:Categories
1671:52°10′44″N
1592:Bulkington
1181:Great Alne
1130:Atherstone
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963:Kenilworth
498:References
352:Broom East
348:Broom West
340:Gloucester
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1549:Ettington
1448:Dunchurch
1072:The Lakes
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521:, p. 46.
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240:and the
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1554:Kineton
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