It may surprise some, given the railway status of the place these days, that there was until fairly recently a BR▸ (WR)SA branch at Honeybourne. Last time I checked, it was still going as a social club, but no longer connected with railways
[Edit: It's still functioning. The club's Facebook page claims a 60 year heritage]
Yes, Honeybourne used to be quite a 'railway town' for a village! The station was a junction with no less than four signalboxes.
On the main line, heading from Campden towards Evesham - Honeybourne South Loop, H Station South, H Station North, Sheenhill (
WWII▸ ARP style 'box - short lived 1943 - 1962???).
On the Branch (only a brief existence, before the junction control was moved to Station South in 1933) was Honeybourne North Loop Jcn.
On the Cheltenham to Stratford line, heading from Broadway towards Long Marston - Honeybourne West Loop Jcn and H East Loop Jcn.
Sheenhill and North Loop Jcn were not functioning at the same time. So I make it six boxes, rather than four.
North Loop Junction box was removed to someone's garden in the village and could be viewed from trains on the
OWW▸ route. The top of it now resides in the car park at Toddington
There was a little loco "shed" at Honeybourne, mainly for locos on banking duty. When I was signalman at Moreton in Marsh during the mid 1970s, it was a great delight to hear the tales of Honeybourne from the older hands who had joined the railway before WWII. It was a very significant place.
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