Hullavington railway station

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Hullavington
Hullavington station site geograph-3694328-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
Near the site of the station, 1995
General information
Location Hullavington, Wiltshire
England
Coordinates 51°32′39″N2°08′45″W / 51.5442°N 2.1459°W / 51.5442; -2.1459
Grid reference ST900828
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 July 1903 (1903-07-01)Opened
3 April 1961Closed to passengers
4 October 1965 (1965-10-04)Closed completely

Hullavington railway station served the civil parish of Hullavington, Wiltshire, England from 1903 to 1965 on the South Wales Main Line.

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History

The station was opened on 1 July 1903 [1] by the Great Western Railway, on an embankment just west of the Hullavington-Norton road, about half a mile north of Hullavington village. [2] There was a goods yard and a weighbridge. The station closed to passengers on 3 April 1961 and to goods traffic on 4 October 1965. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 235. OCLC   931112387.
  2. "Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain, sheet ST88". National Library of Scotland. 1951. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN   1-904349-33-1.
  4. "Hullavington". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Little Somerford
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
South Wales Main Line
  Badminton
Line open, station closed