Northwood Halt railway station

A train going through Northwood Halt, with the level crossing visible

Northwood Halt is an unstaffed request stop on the Severn Valley Railway in Worcestershire, situated a little to the north of Bewdley on the outskirts of the Wyre Forest. There is a level crossing just to the south of the single platform. It is the only surviving original halt on the line.

History

The halt first opened in June 1935 and was in use until the end of British Railways passenger services beyond Bewdley in 1963. Although thought by some people to have been closed as part of the Beeching axe in 1963 its planned closure pre-dated his report. It was well used by fishermen, ramblers and tourists, and was reopened immediately after the SVR's southerly extension of services in 1974. Northwood Halt is not included in the public timetable.

The level crossing is now protected by light signals and an audible warning; this system replaced hand-operated gates, the scene of two serious accidents in 1947 and 1964.

Upon reopening the only shelter for passengers awaiting trains was a wooden shed. This was subsequently replaced with a GWR style pagoda that was constructed by volunteers at Kidderminster.^[1]

References

↑ "Northwood Pagoda Hut". Friends of Kidderminster Town Station. Retrieved August 7, 2006.

External links

Visitor guide to Northwood Halt

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Arley		Severn Valley Railway		Bewdley

Transport in Worcestershire

Road

Motorways	M5 M42 M50

A-Roads	A38 A44 A46 A422 A435 A441 A442 A448 A449 A456 A491 A4025 A4536

Service Stations	Frankley services Hopwood Park services Strensham services

Other	Icknield Street List of settlements on the A38

Rail

Main lines	Cross-City Line Cross Country Route North Warwickshire Line Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster Line Cotswold Line

Closed lines	Oxford-Worcester-Wolverhampton Line (Dudley to Wolverhampton section)

Stations	Alvechurch Barnt Green Blakedown Bromsgrove Droitwich Spa Evesham Great Malvern Hagley Hartlebury Honeybourne Kidderminster Malvern Link Pershore Redditch Worcester Foregate Street Worcester Shrub Hill Wythall

Closed stations	Astwood Bank Aston-under-Hill Beckford Bengeworth Bredon Eckington Foley Park Halt Hinton Littleton and Badsey Malvern Wells Ripple Upton-on-Severn Wadborough

Heritage stations	Arley Bewdley Kidderminster Town Northwood Halt

Heritage Railways	Severn Valley Railway

Railway under construction	Broadway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Buses

Routes	Worcestershire bus route 144

Companies	Diamond Bus First Midland Red

Other	Bus transport in Bromsgrove

Waterways

Rivers	River Arrow River Avon River Severn River Stour River Teme

Canals	Droitwich Canal Leominster Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Diglis Basin Hampton Ferry Tardebigge Engine House Tardebigge Locks

Footpaths

Long-distance footpaths	Cotswold Way Monarch's Way Severn Way Worcestershire Way Wychavon Way

Cycle Paths

Railway stations in Worcestershire

Hereford to London:
Cotswold Line

Birmingham to Cardiff:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Bromsgrove:

Birmingham to Worcester
via Kidderminster:

Lichfield to Redditch:
Cross-City Line

Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon:

Wythall

Heritage railway stations

Gloucs-Warks Steam Railway

Broadway (Proposed)
Weston-sub-Edge (Proposed)
Honeybourne (Proposed)

Severn Valley Railway:

Arley
Northwood Halt
Bewdley
Kidderminster Town (adjacent to Kidderminster railway station)

Coordinates: 52°23′39″N 2°19′36″W / 52.39417°N 2.32673°W / 52.39417; -2.32673

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