Eastbury Halt railway station

Eastbury Halt
Location
Place Eastbury
Area West Berkshire
Grid reference SU345774
Operations
Original company Lambourn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1[1]
History
1898 Opened as Eastbury
1934 Renamed Eastbury Halt
1960 Closed
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Eastbury Halt railway station was a railway station in Eastbury, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.[2]

History

The station opened on 4 April 1898 as Eastbury.[1] The vast majority of the station's traffic was milk; there was little demand for other goods and so the lack of a yard meant that the milk churns would be left on the platform to be collected.[1]

On 9 July 1934, the station became unstaffed and was renamed Eastbury Halt.[2][3]

The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1960.[2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
East Garston   Great Western Railway
Lambourn Valley Railway		   Lambourn

References

  1. ^ a b c "Eastbury Halt". The History of a Branch Line 1898 to 1973. The Lambourn Valley Railway. http://www.lambournvalleyrailway.co.uk/pages/eastbury/eastbury.htm. Retrieved 22 June 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Station Name: EASTBURY HALT". Disused Stations. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/eastbury_halt/index.shtml. Retrieved 22 June 2010. 
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.