The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Some stations reopened as heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked. Some stations have been reopened to passenger traffic. Some lines remain in use for freight and mineral traffic.
Station (Town, unless in station name) | Rail company | Year closed |
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Much Wenlock | GWR | 1962 |
Muchalls | Caledonian Railway | 1950 |
Muirkirk | Glasgow and South Western Railway | 1964 |
Muirton | LM&SR | 1959 |
Muir of Ord | Highland Railway | 1960 reopened 1976 |
Mulben | Highland Railway | 1964 |
Mumbles Pier | Swansea and Mumbles Railway | 1959 |
Mumbles Road | L&NWR | 1964 |
Mumby Road | GNR | 1970 |
Mundesley-on-Sea | Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway | 1964 |
Munlochy | Highland Railway | 1951 |
Murrayfield | Caledonian Railway | 1962 |
Murrow East | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway | 1959 |
Murrow West | Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway | 1953 |
Murthly | Highland Railway | 1965 |
Murtle Halt | Great North of Scotland Railway | 1937 |
Murton | NER | 1953 |
Murton Lane | Derwent Valley Light Railway | 1926 |
Musgrave | NER | 1952 |
Musselburgh (1847) | North British Railway | 1964 |
Muswell Hill | GNR | 1954 |
Muthill | Caledonian Railway | 1964 |
Mutley (Plymouth) | GWR | 1939 |
Station (Town, unless in station name) | Rail company | Year closed |
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Naburn | NER | 1953 |
Nailbridge Halt | GWR | 1930 |
Nailsworth | Midland Railway | 1947 |
Nancegollan | GWR | 1962 |
Nannerch | L&NWR | 1962 |
Nanstallon Halt | London and South Western Railway | 1967 |
Nantclwyd | L&NWR | 1953 |
Nantgaredig | L&NWR | 1963 |
Nantgarw (High Level) Halt | Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway | 1956 |
Nantgarw (Low Level) Halt | Cardiff Railway | 1931 |
Nantlle | Nantlle Railway | 1932 |
Nantybwch | L&NWR | 1960 |
Nantyderry | GWR | 1958 |
Nantyffyllon | GWR | 1970 |
Nantyglo | GWR | 1962 |
Nantymoel | GWR | 1958 |
Napsbury | Midland Railway | 1959 |
Napton and Stockton | L&NWR | 1958 |
Narborough and Pentney | GER | 1968 |
Nassington | L&NWR | 1957 |
Nast Hyde Halt | GNR | 1951 |
Nateby | Garstang and Knot-End Railway | 1930 |
Navenby | GNR | 1962 |
Naworth | NER | 1952 |
Nawton | NER | 1953 |
Station (Town, unless in station name) | Rail company | Year closed |
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Neath Abbey | Great Western Railway | 1936 |
Neath Cadoxton | Neath and Brecon Railway | 1889 |
Neath Canal Side | Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway | 1935 |
Neath Riverside | Neath and Brecon Railway | 1962 |
Necropolis (London) | London and South Western Railway | 1941 |
Needham | GER | 1967 reopened 1971 |
Neen Sollars | GWR | 1962 |
Neepsend | Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway | 1940 |
Neilston Low | Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway | 1966 |
Nelson Glam | Taff Vale Railway | 1932 |
Nelson and Llancaiach | GWR | 1964 |
Nelson Dock | Liverpool Overhead Railway | 1956 |
Nesscliffe and Pentre | Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway | 1933 |
Neston South | Birkenhead Joint Railway | 1956 |
Netherburn | Caledonian | 1951 |
Nethercleugh | Caledonian | 1960 |
Netherhope Halt | GWR | 1959 |
Netherton (Dudley) | GWR | 1878 |
Netherton (Huddersfield) | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | 1949 |
Nethy Bridge | Great North of Scotland Railway | 1965 |
Station (Town, unless in station name) | Rail company | Year closed |
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Nidd Bridge | NER | 1962 |
Niddrie | North British Railway | 1869 |
Nigg | Highland Railway | 1960 |
Nightingale Valley Halt | GWR | 1929 |
Nine Elms | London and South Western Railway | 1848 |
Nine Mile Point | L&NWR | 1959 |
Ninewells | Caledonian Railway | 1865 |
Ningwood (Isle of Wight) | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway | 1953 |
Nisbet | North British Railway | 1948 |
Station (Town, unless in station name) | Rail company | Year closed |
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Nunburnholme | York and North Midland Railway | 1951 |
Nuneaton Abbey Street | Midland Railway | 1968 |
Nuneaton Bridge | Midland Railway | 1887 |
Nunnington | NER | 1953 |
Nursling | London and South Western Railway | 1957 |
The Beeching cuts were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s. They are named for Richard Beeching, then-chair of the British Railways Board and the author of two reports – The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965) – that outlined the necessity of improving the efficiency of the railways and the plan for achieving this through restructuring.
The Ffestiniog Railway is a heritage railway based on 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park.
Claydon railway station was a station in Great Blakenham, Suffolk. It closed to passengers in 1963. The goods facility for Blue Circle Cement, British Steel Piling and Kings Scrapyard was still staffed in the late 1970s with the staff working from the former up side station buildings.
The Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway was a single track railway branch line, 22 miles (35 km) long, in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. It was opened in succession by two companies, the first in 1861 to connect the important woollen town of Witney to the main line network, and the second in 1873 as the rump of an ambitious scheme to connect to Cheltenham, but which ran only between Witney and Fairford. The junction with the main line was at Yarnton, north of Oxford.
Thornhill is a closed station. It served the country town of Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway. The station site is a mile or so from the town. Four miles north of Thornhill is Drumlanrig Castle, home to the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. The Glasgow and South Western main line rail route between Kilmarnock and Dumfries is forced to make a long detour to the east of Thornhill and through a long tunnel, rather than the more logical route nearer Thornhill town centre and up the Nith Valley, so as not to be seen from the Buccleuch estate. The distance of the station from Thornhill may be one reason that passenger use was light and stopping services ended in 1965. There was formerly a busy livestock market near to the station, which eventually closed around 2001.
Cassington Halt was a single platform halt opened by the Great Western Railway on 9 March 1936 on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway to serve the village of Cassington, Oxfordshire, just south of the A40.
Eynsham railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Eynsham and the Eynsham Sugar Beet Factory on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Witney.
Carterton railway station was a railway station just north of the village of Black Bourton on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. The station had two stone-built platforms, a passing loop, and a concrete station building.