Midford Halt railway station

Midford Halt
East-west beneath north-south: Camerton branch viaduct (left) dwarfed by Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway viaduct at Midford
General information
Location	Midford, Somerset England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway [1]
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
27 Feb 1911	Opened [1]
22 Mar 1915	Closed
Location

Midford Halt railway station was open between 1911 and 1915 in Somerset, England. The halt was on the Limpley Stoke to Camerton railway that formed part of the Great Western Railway's development of the former Bristol and North Somerset Railway, and which followed the former Somerset Coal Canal. The line was only open to passenger traffic for seven years in all, from 1910 to 1915, ^[2] and from 1923 to 1925; Midford Halt opened a year late and then did not reopen for the second period.

Midford Halt was in Wiltshire; the county boundary runs up to the B3110 road at the point where the canal and railway crossed the road, and the halt was on the Wiltshire side.

The halt was about 400 metres northeast of Midford station which was on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway line.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Combe Hay Halt Line and station closed		Bristol and North Somerset Railway Great Western Railway		Monkton Combe Halt Line and station closed

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 296. OCLC   931112387.

External links

• Midford Halt station on navigable 1919 O. S. map

51°20′44″N2°20′33″W / 51.3456°N 2.3426°W / 51.3456; -2.3426