Little Stretton Halt railway station

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Little Stretton
Location Little Stretton, Shropshire
England
Coordinates 52°31′19″N2°49′05″W / 52.522°N 2.818°W / 52.522; -2.818 Coordinates: 52°31′19″N2°49′05″W / 52.522°N 2.818°W / 52.522; -2.818
Grid reference SO446919
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway
Post-groupingShrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway
Key dates
18 April 1935Station opened
4 January 1943Station closed
6 May 1946Station reopened
9 June 1958Station closed

Little Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Craven Arms and Church Stretton in Shropshire, England.

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History

Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway in 1852–53, the line through Little Stretton became the joint property of the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1870; the LNWR interest passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. [1] Little Stretton Halt was opened on that line on 18 April 1935; it closed temporarily between 4 January 1943 and 6 May 1946. [2] The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Transport Commission on 9 June 1958. [2]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Marshbrook
Line open, station closed		  Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway   Church Stretton
Line and station open

The site today

Trains continue to run on the Welsh Marches Line. Nothing remains of the halt. The nearest station to Little Stretton is now at Church Stretton, a mile to the north.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Awdry 1990 , pp. 235–6
  2. 1 2 Butt 1995 , p. 144

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