Mickleton Halt railway station

Mickleton Halt
Station site in 2007; the platforms were to the left of the bridge.
General information
Location	Mickleton, Gloucestershire, Cotswold England
Coordinates	52°04′53″N 1°47′00″W / 52.0813°N 1.7832°W / 52.0813; -1.7832
Grid reference	SP149426
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
4 June 1853	Evesham to Oxford line opened
8 November 1937	Opened
6 October 1941	Closed

Mickleton Halt was a railway station on the Great Western Railway line between Oxford and Worcester Shrub Hill to serve Mickleton and the surrounding villages. The route is now called the Cotswold Line.

Building of halt was first announced in June 1937.^[1] It had two platforms with shelters and cost £512 to build.^[2] It was opened on Monday 8 November 1937 with six daily services in each direction on weekdays and an additional service on Saturdays.^[3]

The halt was closed on 6 October 1941.^[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Honeybourne Line and station open		Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway		Chipping Campden Line open, station closed

References

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^ The Times. No. 47715. London. 19 June 1937. col G, p. 11. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Lewis-Jones, June (2005). Cotswold Villages. Salisbury: Frith. p. ^{[page needed]}. ISBN 1-85937-645-2.
^ The Times. No. 47833. London. 4 November 1937. col G, p. 11. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Nock, O.S. (1967). History of the Great Western Railway, volume 3: 1923-1947. Shepperton: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 0-7110-0304-1.

v t e Closed railway stations in eastern Gloucestershire
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway	Tetbury Road Chalford St Mary's Crossing Halt Brimscombe Brimscombe Bridge Halt Ham Mill Halt Bowbridge Crossing Halt Downfield Crossing Halt Cashes Green Halt Ebley Crossing Halt Churchdown Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road Cheltenham Spa St. James
Cirencester branch line	Park Leaze Halt Chesterton Lane Halt Cirencester Town
Tetbury branch line	Jackament's Bridge Halt Rodmarton Platform Church's Hill Halt Culkerton Trouble House Halt Tetbury
Midland and South Western Junction Railway	South Cerney Cirencester Watermoor Foss Cross Chedworth Halt Withington (Glos) Andoversford and Dowdeswell
East Gloucestershire Railway	Lechlade Fairford
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway	Stow-on-the-Wold Bourton-on-the-Water Notgrove Andoversford Junction Charlton Kings Cheltenham Leckhampton
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway	Adlestrop Blockley Chipping Campden Mickleton Halt
Honeybourne Line	Cheltenham High Street Halt Bishops Cleeve Gretton Halt Laverton Halt Willersey Halt Weston-sub-Edge
Bristol and South Wales Union Railway	Ashley Hill Horfield Filton Filton Junction Pilning Low Level Cross Hands Halt New Passage Halt New Passage New Passage Pier
Bristol and Gloucester Railway	Bristol St Philip's Fishponds Staple Hill Mangotsfield Wickwar Charfield Berkeley Road Coaley Frocester Stonehouse Bristol Road Haresfield Gloucester Eastgate
Mangotsfield and Bath branch line	Warmley
Thornbury branch line	Iron Acton Tytherington Thornbury
Sharpness branch line	Berkeley Sharpness
Dursley and Midland Junction Railway	Cam Dursley
Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway	Ryeford Dudbridge Stroud Woodchester Nailsworth
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway	Cleeve Cheltenham High Street Badgworth Churchdown
Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway	Tewkesbury

Transport in Gloucestershire

Road

Motorways	M4 M5 M32 M48 M49 M50
A-roads	A38 A40 A46 A48 A403 A417 A419 A429 A431 A432 A433 A466 A4032 A4103 A4135 A4136 A4174
Service stations	Gloucester services Michaelwood services Severn View services
Other	B4008 E30 Icknield Street Westgate Street

Airports and heliports

Rail

Main lines	Cotswold Line Cross Country Route Gloucester-Newport line Golden Valley line Henbury Loop line
Closed lines	Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Bicslade Tramroad (Tram) Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway Bullo Pill Railway Cheltenham and District Light Railway Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Cirencester branch line Coleford Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Evesham loop line Forest of Dean Central Railway Forest of Dean Railway Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad (Tram) Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Ledbury and Gloucester Railway Midland and South Western Junction Railway Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Junction Railway Monmouth Railway Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Severn and Wye Railway Severn Bridge Railway Sharpness Branch Line South Wales Railway Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway Stratford and Moreton Tramway (Tram) Tetbury branch line Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway Wye Valley Railway
Stations	Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Cam and Dursley Cheltenham Spa Gloucester Kemble Lydney Moreton-in-Marsh Pilning Stonehouse Stroud
Closed stations	Adlestrop Andoversford and Dowdeswell Andoversford Junction Awre for Blakeney Badminton Barbers Bridge Berkeley Berkeley Road Bilson Halt Bishops Cleeve Blaisdon Halt Bourton-on-the-Water Bowbridge Crossing Halt Brimscombe Bridge Halt Brimscombe Bullo Cross Halt Cam Cashes Green Halt Chalford Charfield Charlton Kings Charlton Halt Chipping Sodbury Chedworth Halt Cheltenham High Street Halt Cheltenham High Street Cheltenham Leckhampton Cheltenham Spa Malvern Road Cheltenham Spa St. James Chepstow East Chesterton Lane Halt Chipping Campden Churchdown Cinderford New Cirencester Town Cirencester Watermoor Cleeve Downfield Crossing Halt Drybrook Road Dudbridge Dursley Dymock Ebley Crossing Halt Fairford Foss Cross Four Oaks Halt Frocester Gloucester Eastgate Grange Court Greenway Halt Gretton Halt Hallen Halt Ham Mill Halt Haresfield Hayles Abbey Halt Henbury Iron Acton Jackament's Bridge Halt Laverton Halt Lechlade Longhope Lydbrook Junction Malswick Halt Mangotsfield Mickleton Halt Nailsworth Netherhope Halt] New Passage Halt New Passage Pier Newent Newnham North Filton Platform Notgrove Park Leaze Halt Redbrook on Wye Rodmarton Platform Ruspidge Halt Ryeford St Mary's Crossing Halt Severn Bridge Sharpness South Cerney Speech House Road Staple Edge Halt Staple Hill Stonehouse (Bristol Road) Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud (Midland) Tetbury Tetbury Road Tewkesbury Thornbury Tidenham Trouble House Halt Tutshill for Beachley Halt Tytherington Upper Soudley Halt Warmley Weston-sub-Edge Wickwar Whitecroft Willersey Halt Winterbourne Withington Woodchester
Heritage stations	Bitton Cheltenham Racecourse Gotherington Hayles Abbey Halt Heywood Lydney Junction Lydney Norchard Oakiron Oldland Common Parkend Perrygrove Rookwood St Mary's Halt Toddington Whitecroft Winchcombe
Heritage railways	Avon Valley Railway Dean Forest Railway Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Lea Bailey Light Railway Perrygrove Railway Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway
Proposed	Gloucestershire Parkway

Buses

Stations	Gloucester Transport Hub
Companies	First West of England Stagecoach West

Waterways

Rivers	River Avon, Bristol River Avon, Warwickshire River Boyd Bybrook River River Cam River Chelt River Churn River Coln River Dikler River Evenlode River Eye River Frome, Bristol River Frome, Stroud Hazel Brook River Isbourne Lam Brook River Leach River Leadon Little Avon River Nailsworth Stream Painswick Stream River Severn Siston Brook Stoke Brook River Swilgate Tetbury Avon River Thames River Trym River Windrush River Wye
Canals	Cinderford Canal Coombe Hill Canal Gloucester and Sharpness Canal Hereford and Gloucester Canal Lydney Canal Pidcock's Canal Stroudwater Navigation Thames and Severn Canal
Docks and ports	Gloucester Docks Sharpness

Footpaths

National Trails	Cotswold Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Celtic Way Geopark Way Gloucestershire Way Heart of England Way Limestone Link Macmillan Way Monarch's Way Oxfordshire Way Sabrina Way Severn Way
Other	Frome Valley Walkway Wysis Way