Great Houghton Halt railway station

Great Houghton Halt
Location
Place Great Houghton
Area Barnsley
Grid reference SE434059
Operations
Original company Dearne Valley Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
History
3 June 1912 (1912-06-03) Opened as Houghton Halt
24 August 1912 Renamed Great Houghton Halt
10 September 1951 (1951-09-10) Station closed
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Great Houghton Halt was a small railway station on the Dearne Valley Railway (DVR) situated between Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt and Grimethorpe Halt. The halt served the village of Great Houghton in South Yorkshire, England.

The station opened on 3 June 1912. Originally named Houghton Halt, it was renamed Great Houghton Halt a few weeks later, on 24 August 1912.[1] At first, trains were operated on behalf of the DVR by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; when that company amalgamated with the London and North Western Railway on 1 January 1922, the combined organisation (also known as the London and North Western Railway) absorbed the DVR on the same day.[2]

The station closed on 10 September 1951.[3]

References

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 109,124. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
  2. ^ Marshall, John (1970). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 140,142,256. ISBN 0 7153 4906 6. 
  3. ^ Butt 1995, p. 109

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Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Grimethorpe Halt
Line and station closed		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Dearne Valley Railway		   Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt
Line and station closed