Broughton Gifford Halt railway station

Broughton Gifford Halt
The site of the station in 2011
General information
Location	Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire England
Coordinates	51°21′49″N2°10′01″W / 51.36373°N 2.16703°W / 51.36373; -2.16703
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	29 October 1905 (1905-10-29) [1]
Closed	7 February 1955 (1955-02-07) [1] [2]
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Location

Broughton Gifford Halt was a small railway station serving Broughton Gifford in Wiltshire, England, opened in 1905 for the newly introduced steam railcar service between Chippenham and Trowbridge. ^[1]

The halt was southeast of the village at the Mill Lane bridge, near the road between Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon; it was closed in 1955 but the line remains open. ^[3]

References

1. Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). "Victoria County History - Wiltshire - Vol 4 pp 280-293: Railways". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
2. "Permanent Withdrawal of Passenger Service from Broughton Gifford Halt (Official Notice)" . The Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser . Vol. 101, no. 5, 176. 8 January 1955. p. 8.
3. Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN   1904349331.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Melksham Line and station open		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line		Holt Junction Line open, station closed