Rifle Range Halt railway station

Rifle Range Halt was a short-lived unstaffed request stop on the GWR Kidderminster to Bewdley loop line which now forms part of the Severn Valley Railway. It was located west of Bewdley tunnel near the “Devil’s Spittleful”, the sandstone outcrop on the nature reserve now managed by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.[2]

Rifle Range Halt
Location	Kidderminster, Worcestershire England
Coordinates	52.3690°N 2.2880°W
Grid reference	SO804745
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
June 1905	Opened
4 October 1920	Closed[1]

History

Rifle Range Halt opened in June 1905. The halt was mainly served by a steam railmotor service which was introduced on the Kidderminster - Bewdley - Stourport section of the railway in the same year.[3] The nearby rifle range was used mainly during the First World War by volunteers from the Yeomanry.[4]

The railmotors operated until 1918, and the halt was closed on 4 October 1920.[1] No remains are now visible.

See also

• Severn Valley Railway

References

1. Marshall (1989) p. 143.
2. The Devil's Spittleful & Rifle Range and Blackstone Farm Fields on www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk
3. Marshall, John (1989). The Severn Valley Railway. Newton Abbot: David St John Thomas. p. 143. ISBN 0-946537-45-3.
4. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust information board.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bewdley Line and station open		Great Western Railway Severn Valley Railway		Foley Park Halt Line open, station closed