Backney Halt railway station was a request stop in the English county of Herefordshire. It was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Hereford.
Backney Halt | |
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 View southward, towards Ross-on-Wye and Gloucester | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire England |
| Coordinates | 51°56′35″N 2°36′26″W / 51.9431°N 2.6071°W |
| Grid reference | SO583273 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 17 July 1933 | Station opens |
| 12 February 1962 | Station closes |
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History edit
Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It closed in 1962, two years before the actual railway was closed to passengers in 1964.
See also edit
References edit
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
- Backney Halt on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Further reading edit
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 22-25. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
Former Services
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Ross-on-Wye | Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways |
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