Claverdon was one of three intermediate stations on the Stratford-on-Avon Railway (the other two being Bearley and Wilmcote). This 9frac14; mile single track, mixed gauge railway was opened on 9th October 1860 as a nominally independent branch from the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway at Hatton. It was operated by the Great Western with broad gauge stock until a connection with the Stratford branch of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway allowed narrow gauge (4rsquo;8frac14;rdquo;) trains to run through from Worcester via Honeybourne in 1863. Six years later on 1st April 1869 the broad gauge rail was removed. In 1883 the Stratford-on-Avon Railway Company was absorbed by the Great Western Railway and two years later the track layout was modified to provide a loop line. At the same time a loading bank or wharf was constructed. In 1891 a platform signal box was constructed to interlock the loop line points and signals, but this was closed again after fifteen years and replaced with two ground frames. By 1938, traffic on the single track section between Bearley and Hatton was sufficiently heavy to justify doubling the track. At the same time a new station was constructed on the opposite side of the road overbridge, while the old station was designated a goods lock-up. The new station officially opened on 2nd July 1939. As part of the reconstruction a new goods loop siding was provided on the site of the old wharf and a new signal box constructed. The goods loop was converted back to a siding in December 1953 and at the same time the signal box was closed and replaced with a ground frame. This siding was subsequently removed in July 1964. In January 1969 the line was singled between Bearley and Hatton, but Claverdon station still remains open today.
Courtesy of quot;Warwickshire Railwaysquot; website.