Trouble House Halt railway station

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Trouble House Halt
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Site of Trouble House Halt in 2005
General information
Location Cotswold
England
Coordinates 51°39′25″N2°07′30″W / 51.656870°N 2.124995°W / 51.656870; -2.124995
Grid reference ST914953
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 February 1959 (1959-02-02)Opened
6 April 1964Closed

Trouble House Halt was a small station in Gloucestershire, England. It was on the Tetbury branch line between Kemble and Tetbury between 1959 and 1964, when the line closed as part of the Beeching cuts.

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History

The Trouble House Inn on the A433 near Tetbury, seen from the disused rail track. Trouble House Inn - geograph.org.uk - 275438.jpg
The Trouble House Inn on the A433 near Tetbury, seen from the disused rail track.

Diesel railbus services were introduced by British Railways Western Region on the Tetbury branch line on 2 February 1959, and on the same day two halts were opened on that line, at Church's Hill and at Trouble House. [1] [2] It was built to serve a 17th-century public house, the Trouble House Inn, which had originally called the Waggon and Horses, but was later renamed because it had been built on flood-prone land known as "The Troubles" and also for the difficulties which beset a series of innkeepers in the 18th and 19th centuries, including being taken by a press gang. [3] It was the only station in England built specifically to serve a pub, although Berney Arms station in Norfolk has much the same function.

The station itself consisted only of a wooden platform and was known locally as "Beercrate Halt". Late night travellers had to flag down a train by showing a lighted match. [4] The line and station closed on 6 April 1964, [2] but the station was immortalised in that year in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders & Swann. [3]

On 4 April 1964, the last day of operation, when the last passenger train from Tetbury arrived at Trouble House Halt, a coffin was loaded onto the train by bowler-hatted mourners. It had been made by the landlord of the pub together with his brother, covered with inscriptions and filled with empty whisky bottles. On arrival at Kemble, the coffin was transferred to a train for Paddington, addressed to Richard Beeching. The last passenger train to Tetbury found its approach to Trouble House Halt blocked by burning hay bales. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Whetmath, C.F.D. (July 1964). Cooke, B.W.C. (ed.). "Letters: Kemble branch closures". The Railway Magazine . Westminster: Tothill Press. 110 (759): 589.
  2. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 234. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. 1 2 Hedger, Tony (28 March 2021). "Trouble House Halt". londondrinker.camra.org.uk. Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Kerr, Michael, ed. (2015). "12. Firsts and Lasts". Last Call for the Dining Car: The Daily Telegraph Book of Great Railway Journey. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN   978-1781314944.
  5. ↑ Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (June 1964). "Notes and News: West Country closures". The Railway Magazine . Westminster: Tothill Press. 110 (758): 527.


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