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==Hartlebury Station==
[[File:Hartlebury_Railway_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_883215.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Hartlebury station in 2009]]
The OW&W line through Hartlebury opened on 3 May 1852. Hartlebury station had only minimal facilities with a simple wooden shed. This was still the case when Hartlebury became a junction station on 1 February 1862 with the opening of the Severn Valley Railway. Construction of a new station more appropriate to its new status was authorised on 6 April 1865.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]] p. 87.</ref>
The 1901 revision of the OS Map, published in 1903, shows the layout of the station at the time. The original smaller goods yard and cattle dock was south of the station.<ref>Western Main Lines, Worcester to Birmingham via Kidderminster, Mitchell and Smith (2007), ISBN 9781904474975, VIII</ref> The turntable in the larger goods yard north of the station was in place until 1925.<ref>Mitchell & Smith, Western Main Lines, 27</ref> The footbridge has two flights of steps on each platform.<ref>Mitchell & Smith, Western Main Lines, 23</ref> Although the OS Map refers to the station as Hartlebury Junction, the station itself was never give this name, always appearing in [[The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership#Timetable extracts | timetables]] as 'Hartlebury'.
[[SVR staff in 1922#Severn Valley Railway (South of Bewdley)|GWR staff records for 1922]] show the station had a staff of 24. Cattle pens, and sidings to cope with additional fruit traffic were constructed in 1924.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1924</ref><ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, February 1924</ref> It was announced that the yard crane was to be replaced by a standard 6-ton hand crane in 1927<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1927</ref> The goods yard closed on 1 February 1965,<ref>Mitchell & Smith, Western Main Lines, 25</ref> while the footbridge and platform canopies were also removed during the 1960s.<ref>Wikipedia</ref> The station buildings had been closed by 1994 and the waiting room replaced by a simple ‘bus shelter’.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Siviter (1995)]] p. 84.</ref> <gallery>File:OS_Hartlebury_Detailed_1901.JPG|Layout of Hartlebury station in 1901File:Hartlebury Plan 1905.png|1905 GWR plan of the station</gallery>
== Severn Valley Line ==
