‘The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway’ (or S.M.J.) was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJ from 1909 to 1923. In 1923 the S.M.J.became a minor arm of the London Midland and Scottish (L.M.S.), then in 1948 'British Railways' 

Gone but not forgotten: "the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth"


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Evesham Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway 8 Replies

Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue

Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.

Bidford-on-Avon 5 Replies

Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could  - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue

Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.

North End and Warwick Road stations? 57 Replies

Some time ago we ahd an interesting and lively discussion on the mystery station at Tiffield, which added quite a lot to our collective knowledge.I've recently been looking closely at two of the other mystery stations- at North End (sometimes…Continue

Started by Barry Taylor. Last reply by Richard Maund Jan 27.

1873 timetable 4 Replies

Page 12 of Arthur Jordan's book features a full page reproduction of the E&WJ public timetable handbill for August 1873. Does anyone know where the original of that handbill is preserved?Incidentally, the timetable itself formed the basis of…Continue

Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Barry Taylor Jan 25.

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Looks like nothing doesn't it? Oh no! The hump running left to right immediately after the brown muddy area in the foreground is the site of a quarrying tramway which was taken across the SMJ right next to bridge 3 (Blisworth to Gayton road) on bridge 2. Only one set of piers still survives of bridge 2. Picture on site.

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Comment by Andy Thompson on November 1, 2010 at 16:31
This whole field was quarried around 1900. Quote: Blisworth.org.uk
http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/Mining/Mining-Map.htm
http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/Mining/Blisworth_mining.htm
"Another field was mined with a dispatch point to the railways, labelled (8 - refer to map link above), and was run by another entrepreneur, R.B.Sparrow according to Tonks, who was simultaneously serving the expanding iron industry. Dispatch point (8), which is in Gayton parish, consisted of a wooden 'bridge' passing over a standard gauge railway linked to the SMJ line. From the bridge, wagons were emptied into rail wagons.

Tony Marsh Feb 2008

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