Dorridge
Dorridge station after dark, seen from 168 218 with a National Rail Chiltern Line service from Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone, on 18th March 2014. This station, opened by the GWR in 1852, was known as Knowle & Dorridge until 6th May 1974. When BR started their mania for shortening station names with an '&' in them in the 70s, it was usually the first name that was retained, i.e. Cholsey & Moulsford became simply Cholsey but here it was the second name that was retained, while other stations like Highbury & Islington escaped this unnecessary name shortening completely. When this station was still called Knowle & Dorridge, the express service from London Paddington to Birkenhead Woodside, that finished in 1967 and saw the closure of Birkenhead Woodside station, came this way but did not stop here.
See query 2209
Location: Dorridge
Original line: Birmingham and Oxford Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: English stations, National and Heritage Lines (excluding London) 1979-2023 Station nameboards, National and Heritage lines 1974-2023
Date: 18/03/2014
Image number: 71331
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