List of closed railway stations in Britain: A

The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. 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. (Recently closed stations are included.)

Station (Town, unless in station name)	Rail company	Year closed	Notes
Abbey and West Dereham	GER	1930
Abbey Foregate (Shrewsbury)	S&WTN	1912
Abbey Junction	NBR, CAL	1921
Abbey of Deer Platform	London and North Eastern Railway	1939
Abbey Town	NBR	1964
Abbeydore	GWR	1941
Abbeyhill (Edinburgh)	NBR	1964
Abbots Ripton	GNR	1958
Abbots Wood Junction	MR	1855
Abbotsbury	GWR	1952
Abbotsford Ferry	NBR	1931
Abbotsham Road	BWH!&AR	1917
Aber (LNWR)	Chester and Holyhead Railway	1960
Aberaman	TVR	1964
Aberangell	Mawddwy Railway/Cambrian Railways	1931
Aberavon (Seaside)	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway	1962
Aberavon Town	Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway	1962
Aberayron	GWR	1951
Aberbargoed	B&MJR	1962
Aberbeeg	GWR	1962
Aberbran	N&B	1962
Abercairny	Caledonian	1951
Abercamlais	Neath and Brecon Railway	1962
Abercanaid	GWR/Rhymney Jt	1951
Abercarn	GWR	1962
Aberchalder	HR/NBR	1933
Abercrave	N&B	1932
Abercwmboi Halt	TVR	1956
Abercynon North	British Rail	2008
Aberdare High Level	GWR	1964	reopened 1988
Aberdare Low Level	TVR	1964
Aberdeen Ferryhill	Aberdeen Railway	1864
Aberdeen Guild Street	Aberdeen Railway	1867
(Aberdeen) Holburn Street	Deeside Railway (GNoSR)	1937
(Aberdeen) Hutcheon Street	Denburn Valley Line (GNoSR)	1937
Aberdeen Kittybrewster (3 stations of this name, on 2 lines; all closed)	GNoSR	1856
Aberdeen Waterloo	GNoSR	1867
Aberderfyn Halt	GWR	1915
Aberdylais Halt	GWR	1964
Aberedw	Cambrian Railways	1962
Aberfan	Great Western Railway/Rhymney Railway Jt	1951
Aberfeldy	Highland Railway	1965
Aberford	Aberford Railway	1924
Aberfoyle	NBR	1951
Abergavenny Brecon Road	Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway	1958
Abergavenny Junction	GWR	1958
Aberglaslyn	Welsh Highland Railway	1936	reopened as Nantmor in 2010
Abergwili	LNWR	1963
Abergwynfi	GWR	1960
Aberkenfig	Llynvi and Ogmore Railway	1870
Aberlady	NBR	1932
Aberllefenni	Corris Railway	1931
Aberlour	GNS	1965
Abermule	Cambrian Railways	1965
Abernant	GWR	1962
Abernethy (NBR)	NBR	1955
Abernethy Road	Edinburgh and Northern Railway	1848
Abersychan and Talywain	LNWR/GWR Jt	1941
Abersychan Low Level	GWR	1962
Abertafol (formerly Abertafol Halt)	Great Western Railway	1985
Aberthaw High Level	Barry Railway	1964
Aberthaw Low Level	Taff Vale Railway	1930
Aberthin Platform	Taff Vale Railway	1920
Abertillery (1st)	GWR	1893
Abertillery (2nd)	GWR	1962
Abertridwr	Rhymney Railway	1964
Abertysswg	Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway	1930
Aberystwyth (Vale of Rheidol Railway) (narrow gauge) (1st)	GWR	1925
Aberystwyth (Vale of Rheidol Railway) (narrow gauge) (2nd)	GWR	1968
Abingdon	GWR	1963
Abingdon Junction	GWR	1873
Abingdon Road Halt	GWR	1915
Abington (South Lanarkshire)	CAL	1965
Abington (Cambridgeshire)	Newmarket Railway	1851
Aboyne	GNS	1966
Aby for Claythorpe	GNR	1961
Achterneed	Highland Railway	1965
Ach-na-Cloich	CAL	1965
Ackworth	Swinton and Knottingley Joint Railway	1951
Acrefair	GWR	1965
Acrow Halt	British Railways	1964
Adam Street (Cardiff)	Rhymney Railway	1871
Adderbury	GWR	1951
Adderley	GWR	1963
Addingham	MID	1965
Addiscombe	SER	1997
Adlestrop	GWR	1966
Admaston Halt	S&WTN	1964
Adolphus Street (Bradford)	GNR	1867
Advie (1st)	GNS	1868
Advie (2nd)	GNS	1965
Afon Wen	L&NWR/Cambrian Railways	1964
Agecroft Bridge	MBB/LY	1861
Ainderby	NER	1954
Ainsdale Beach	CLC	1952
Ainsworth Road Halt	L&YR	1953
Aintree Central	CLC	1960
Aintree Racecourse	L&YR	1962
Airdrie East	CAL	1943
Airdrie Hallcraig Street	North British Railway	1871
Airdrie Leaend	Ballochney Railway	1843
Airdrie North (Commonhead)	NBR	1930
Airmyn	NER	1964
Airth	CAL	1954
Akeld	NER	1930
Akeman Street	GCR	1930
Albert Road Bridge Halt	L&SWR/LB&SCR Joint	1914
Albert Road Halt (Plymouth)	L&SWR	1947
Alberta Place Halt	TVR	1968
Albion	LNWR	1960
Alcester	MID	1962
Aldeburgh	GER	1966
Aldeby	GER	1959
Aldridge	MID	1965
Aldwych	Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway	1994
Alexandra Dock	Liverpool Overhead Railway	1956
Alexandra Dock	LNWR	1948
Alexandra Palace	Muswell Hill Railway	1954	not the existing Alexandra Palace station
Alford	GNS	1950
Alford Halt	GWR	1962
Alford Town	GNR	1970
Algarkirk and Sutterton	GNR	1961
All Saints (Clevedon)	Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway	1940
All Stretton Halt	Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway	1958
Allanfearn	Highland Railway	1965
Allangrange	Highland Railway	1951
Allendale	NER	1930
Allerton	LNWR	2005	A new station, Liverpool South Parkway, opened in 2006 on same site
Allerwash	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	1837
Allhallows-on-Sea	SR	1961
Allhallows Colliery	Maryport and Carlisle Railway	1928	approximate date
Alloa	NBR	1968	reopened 2008
Alloa	Alloa Railway	1885
Alloa Ferry	Stirling & Dunfermline Railway	1852
Alloa Junction	CAL	1865
Alloa South	CAL	1885
Alloway	G&SWR	1930
Alltddu Halt	GWR	1965
Allt-y-Graig	LM&SR	1930
Almeley	GWR	1940
Almondbank	CAL	1951
Alne	NER	1958
Alnwick (1st)	NER	1887
Alnwick (2nd)	NER	1968
Alphington Halt	GWR	1958
Alresford (Hampshire)	LSWR	1973	reopened 1977
Alrewas	LNWR	1965
Alsager Road	North Staffordshire Railway	1931
Alsop en le Dale	LNWR	1954
Alston	NER	1976
Altcar & Hillhouse	Cheshire Lines Committee	1952
Altcar Rifle Range	L&YR	1921
Althorp Park	LNWR	1960
Altofts	MID	1990
Alton Heights Junction	Caledonian Railway	1926	approximate date
Alton Park	London and South Western Railway	1939
Alton Towers	North Staffordshire Railway	1965
Altrincham	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway	1881
Alva	NBR	1954
Alveley Colliery Halt	Great Western Railway	1963
Alverstone (Isle of Wight)	IoWC J	1956
Alverthorpe	GNR	1954
Alves	Highland Railway	1965
Alvescot	GWR	1962
Alyth	CAL	1951
Alyth Junction	CAL	1967
Amberswood (Hindley)	Lancashire Union Railway	1872
Amble	NER	1930
Amesbury	LSWR	1952
Amisfield	CAL	1952
Amlwch	L&NWR	1964
Ammanford (GWR)	GWR	1958
Ammanford Colliery Halt	GWR	1958
Amotherby	NER	1931
Ampleforth	NER	1950
Ampress Works Halt	British Railways	1989
Ampthill	Midland Railway	1959
Andover Town	L&SWR	1964
Andoversford	GWR	1962
Andoversford and Dowdeswell	M&SWJR	1927
Angarrack	West Cornwall Railway	1853
Angel Road	Northern and Eastern Railway	2019
Angerton	NBR	1952
Anlaby Road (Hull)	NER	1854
Ann Street Halt	L&NWR	1951
Annan Shawhill	CAL	1931
Annbank	GSWR	1951
Annesley	MID	1953
Annfield Plain	NER	1955
Annitsford	NER	1958
Anston	GCR/MID Joint	1929
Anstruther (1st)	NBR	1883
Anstruther (2nd)	NBR	1965
Apperley Bridge	MID	1965	reopened 2015
Appin	CAL	1966
Appleby (Lincs)	Great Central Railway	1967
Appleby East	NER	1962
Appledore (Devon)	Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway	1917
Appleton	LNWR	1951
Arbirlot	Dundee and Arbroath Railway	1929
Arbroath Catherine Street	Arbroath and Forfar Railway	1848
Arbroath Lady Loan	Dundee and Arbroath Railway	1848
Arbuckle	Monklands Railway	1862
Arddleen Halt	Cambrian Railways	1965
Arden	North British Railway	1930
Ardeer Platform	Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway	1966
Ardingly	LB&SCR	1963
Ardleigh	GER	1967
Ardler	CAL	1956
Ardley	GWR	1963
Ardrossan Montgomerie Pier	L&AR	1968
Ardrossan North	L&AR	1932
Ardrossan Town	G&SWR	1968	reopened 1987
Ardrossan Winton Pier	G&SWR	1987
Ardsley	GNR	1964
Arenig	GWR	1960
Argoed Halt	LNWR	1960
Argyle Halt	Swansea Improvements and Tramway Company	1960
Arkholme for Kirkby Lonsdale	Furness and Midland Joint Railway	1960
Arkleby	M&C	1852
Arksey	GNR	1952
Arkwright Street (Nottingham)	GCR	1969
Arkwright Town	LD&ECR	1951
Arlecdon	Cleator & Workington Junction Railway	1917
Arlesey and Henlow	GNR	1959	reopened 1988
Arley and Fillongley	MID	1960
Arley	Great Western Railway	1963	since reopened by Severn Valley Railway
Armadale	NBR	1956	reopened 2011
Armathwaite	MID	1970	reopened 1986
Armitage	LNWR	1960
Armley Canal Road	MID	1965
Armley Moor	GNR	1966
Arnage	GNS	1965
Arpley (Warrington)	St Helens Railway	1958
Arthington (1st)	NER	1865
Arthington (2nd)	NER	1965
Arthog	Cambrian Railways	1965
Arundel and Littlehampton	LB&SCR	1863
Ascot West Race Platform	LSWR	1965
Asfordby	MID	1951
Ash Green Halt	LSWR	1937
Ash Street (Southport)	L&YR	1902
Ash Town	East Kent Light Railway	1948
Ashbourne (1st)	LNWR/NS Joint	1899
Ashbourne (2nd)	LNWR/NS Joint	1954
Ashburton	GWR	1958
Ashbury	LSWR	1966
Ashby Magna	GCR	1969
Ashby-de-la-Zouch	MID	1964
Ashchurch	MID	1971	reopened 1997
Ashcombe Road (Weston-Super-Mare)	Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway	1940
Ashcott	Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway	1966
Ashdon Halt	GER	1964
Ashey	Isle of Wight Central Railway	1966	reopened by Isle Of Wight Steam Railway
Ashey Racecourse	Isle of Wight Central Railway	1930
Ashford West	London, Chatham and Dover Railway	1899	closed to passengers
Ashford Bowdler	Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway	1855
Ashington	NER	1964
Ashington Colliery Junction	NER	1878
Ashleigh Road	Swansea and Mumbles Railway	1960
Ashley and Weston	LNWR	1951
Ashley Heath Halt	SR	1964
Ashley Hill	GWR	1964	Re-opened 2024 as Ashley Down
Ashover Butts	Ashover Light Railway	1936
Ashperton	GWR	1965
Ashton (Devon)	GWR	1958
Ashton (Bristol)	Bristol and Exeter Railway	1856
Ashton Gate	GWR	1964
Ashton Hall (private)	LNWR	1930
Ashton Moss	Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway	1862
Ashton-in-Makerfield	GCR	1952
Ashton (Oldham Road)	Oldham, Ashton and Guide Bridge Junction Railway	1959
Ashton-under-Hill	MID	1963
Ashton Park Parade (Ashton-under-Lyne)	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway	1956
Ashwater	LSWR	1966
Ashwell	MID	1966
Ashwellthorpe (Norfolk)	GER	1939
Askern	L&YR	1947
Askrigg	NER	1954
Aspall and Thorndon	Mid-Suffolk Light Railway	1952
Astley	LNWR	1956
Astley Bridge	L&YR	1879
Aston Botterell	Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway	1938
Aston Cantlow Halt	GWR	1939
Aston Rowant	GWR	1957
Aston-by-Stone	North Staffordshire Railway	1947
Astwood Halt	GWR	1939
Aswarby and Scredington	GNR	1930
Athelney	GWR	1964
Atherleigh	LMS	1954
Atherton Bag Lane	LNWR	1954
Attercliffe	Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway	1927
Attercliffe Road	Midland Railway	1995
Attimore Hall Halt	GNR	1905
Attlebridge	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	1959
Auchendinny	NBR	1951
Auchengray	CAL	1966
Auchenheath	CAL	1951
Auchenmade	L&AW	1932
Auchincruive	GSWR	1951
Auchindachy	GNSR	1968
Auchlochan Platform	CAL	1965
Auchmacoy	GNSR	1932
Auchnagatt	GNSR	1965
Auchterarder	CAL	1956
Auchterhouse (1st)	CAL	1860
Auchterhouse (2nd)	CAL	1955
Auchterless	GNSR	1951
Auchtermuchty	NBR	1950
Audenshaw (1st)	LNWR	1905
Audenshaw (2nd former Hooley Hill)	LNWR	1950
Audlem	GWR	1963
Audley and Bignall End	North Staffordshire Railway	1931
Auldbar Road	CAL	1956
Auldearn	Highland Railway	1960
Auldgirth	GSWR	1952
Aultmore	Highland Railway	1915
Authorpe	GNR	1961
Aviemore (Speyside)	Strathspey Railway	1998
Avoch	Highland Railway	1951
Avonbridge	NBR	1930
Avon Lodge	Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway	1935
Avonbridge	North British Railway	1930
Avonmouth (BPRP)	Clifton Extension Railway	1902	remained open until 1903 for workmen
Avonmouth Docks	GWR	1915
Avonwick	GWR	1963
Awre for Blakeney	GWR	1959
Awsworth	GNR	1964
Axbridge	GWR	1963
Aycliffe	NER	1953
Aylesbury (Brook Street)	Metropolitan Railway	1894
Aylesbury High Street (1st)	LNWR	1889
Aylesbury High Street (2nd)	LNWR	1953
Aylsham North	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway	1959
Aylsham South	GER	1952
Aynho	GWR	1964
Aynho Park Platform	GWR	1963
Ayot	GNR	1949
Ayr – original station or Ayr North	Glasgow & South Western Railway	1857
Aysgarth	NER	1954
Ayton	NBR	1962

References

Wignall, C. J. (1985). Complete British Railway Maps and Gazetteer (1825–1985). Poole, UK: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-294-X.