Milcote | |
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 The station site in 2005, showing the remains of the up platform. The trees are 97 years old. | |
| General information | |
| Location | Milcote, Stratford-on-Avon England |
| Coordinates | 52°09′43″N 1°45′08″W / 52.1620°N 1.7522°W |
| Grid reference | SP170515 |
| Platforms | 2 (from 1908; previously 1) |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 12 July 1859 | First station opened |
| May 1908 | 1st station closed; 2nd station opened |
| 3 January 1966 | Station closed |
Milcote railway station was a station on the Great Western Railway line between Stratford-upon-Avon and Honeybourne, which in 1908 became part of the Great Western Railway's new main line between Birmingham and Cheltenham.
The station's site, in the far south-western corner of Milcote parish and about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of the GWR station in Stratford, was dictated by the fact that this was the first point south of the River Avon at which the line crossed a public road. This was, and is, a very lightly populated district, and at the time of the station's opening there was scarcely another building in sight. Most of Milcote's passenger traffic must have been expected to be to or from the nearby villages of Weston on Avon and Welford on Avon. The station's nameboards at the time of its eventual closure read "Milcote for Weston and Welford".