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 |
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
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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
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