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Worcester. Coaches carried 13 passengers, and 40 minutes were allowed for the journey. The coaches proved costly to the B&GR (in 1844, 78,372 passengers were carried at a cost to the B&GR of £2,698), and they drew many complaints.
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Spetchley, beginning 66 miles 46 chains (107.1 km) and ending 66 miles 12 chains (106.5 km) from Derby (London Road Junction).
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until 1850. It closed to passengers in 1855 but remained open for goods until 1961.
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Station site, looking south. The rightmost of the three tracks is the up goods loop.
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The
Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated
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Junction
Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Spetchley (centre right)
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The station opened on 24 June 1840 with the original portion of the
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Yonge, John; Padgett, David (August 2010) . Bridge, Mike (ed.).
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A Chronology of the
Construction of Britain's Railways 1778-1855
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Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904
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Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863
624:(5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 15B.
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449:(1842) . "Birmingham and Gloucester Railway".
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599:. 1970 . p. 504.
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260:Birmingham (Camp Hill)
172:24 June 1840
838:Severn Valley Railway
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47:General information
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522:James 1983
406:. BE/1183.
375:References
256:Cheltenham
252:Bromsgrove
199:1961-01-02
176:1840-06-24
77:52°10′52″N
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977:Spetchley
967:Oddingley
947:Blackwell
914:Wyre Halt
669:931169432
394:Ian Allan
290:Worcester
236:Worcester
232:Spetchley
167:Key dates
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421:(1987).
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