Backney Halt railway station

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Backney Halt
Backney Halt, near Ross-on-Wye geograph-2714607-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
View southward, towards Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester
General information
Location Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates 51°56′35″N2°36′26″W / 51.9431°N 2.6071°W / 51.9431; -2.6071
Grid reference SO583273
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
17 July 1933Station opens
12 February 1962Station closes
Backney Halt in 2018.jpg
Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
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Hereford Barrs Court
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Hereford Barton
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Rotherwas Junction
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ROF Rotherwas
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Dinedor tunnel
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Holme Lacy
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Ballingham
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Backney Halt
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Ross-on-Wye
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Grange Court
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Grange Court Junction
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Backney Halt Railway Station was a request stop in the English county of Herefordshire. It was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Hereford.

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History

Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It closed in 1962, two years before the actual railway was closed to passengers in 1964.

The legacy of the Beeching Axe with the bridge decking spanning the River Wye demolished on Backney Bridge. Backney Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 566735.jpg
The legacy of the Beeching Axe with the bridge decking spanning the River Wye demolished on Backney Bridge.

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Further reading

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ross-on-Wye   Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
British Railways
  Fawley