Alrewas railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Alrewas


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locale = England
borough = Staffordshire
line = South Staffordshire Railway
owner = London Midland and Scottish Railway
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years = 9 April 1849
events = Station opens
years1 = 18 January 1965
events1 = Station closes

Alrewas railway station was a station on the South Staffordshire Railway, which operated in the Midland county of Staffordshire, in England. The station was located next to a level crossing, although the road, now the A513, currently crosses over the still extant line on a bridge.

History

The station was opened by the South Staffordshire Railway, then joined the London and North Western Railway, and was absorbed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

The line through the station, which runs from Lichfield on the high-level line and is connected to the Southbound WCML by a single track chord, runs via the station site to Wychnor Junction, near Burton upon Trent. Primarily a freight route, the line is also used by Virgin Trains to move trains from Birmingham to Bombardier's maintenance depot at Central Rivers, near Burton. The route is sometimes used as a means of diverting trains when engineering takes place between Birmingham New Street and Tamworth.

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