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| WMR 172 342 departs for Stratford |
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| Type: | National Rail (Leamington Spa - Stratford-upon-Avon Line) |
| Station code: | BER |
| Opened: | 1860 |
| Platforms: | 1 |
The station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1860 on a single track branch. A line to Alcester was added in 1876 [1], with Bearley being the junction of the two lines, some services along the Alcester branch starting and terminating at Bearley. Unusually for a GWR station a bay platform was not added for the branch [2]. The Alcester branch was closed in 1951.
The station also had a cattle pen and siding behind the station building and a signalbox, both were gone by the end of the 1960s [3]. Bearley now has just a bus shelter but prior to 1965 had quite a substantial stone station building.
The Leamington Spa-Stratford-upon-Avon Line was doubled in 1939 (it was doubled South of Bearley in 1907 as far as Wilmcote). and a second platform added with a footbridge between the platforms. However, the line was singled again in 1969.
The station is now an unstaffed halt managed by West Midlands Railway though most services to the station are by Chiltern Railways, WMR services are by request.
The station also had a cattle pen and siding behind the station building and a signalbox, both were gone by the end of the 1960s [3]. Bearley now has just a bus shelter but prior to 1965 had quite a substantial stone station building.
The Leamington Spa-Stratford-upon-Avon Line was doubled in 1939 (it was doubled South of Bearley in 1907 as far as Wilmcote). and a second platform added with a footbridge between the platforms. However, the line was singled again in 1969.
The station is now an unstaffed halt managed by West Midlands Railway though most services to the station are by Chiltern Railways, WMR services are by request.
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| Down the platform with just a bus shelter for company |
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| Station sign |
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| Look up the line towards Claverdon |
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| Chiltern 168 326 arrives a Leamington bound service |
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| Station entrance |
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham (Moor Street) (Middleton Press, 2006) Map. IV
[2] Colin G. Maggs, The Branch Lines of Warwickshire (Amberley, 2011) p.156
[3] Mitchell & Smith. Fig. 11
