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Willersey Halt railway station

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}{{Infobox UK disused station
| name = Willersey Halt
| locale = Willersey
| borough = Cotswold
| image_name = Former railway bridge, Willersey - geograph.org.uk - 1723920.jpg
| caption = Badsey Lane bridge near station site in February 2010.
| original = Great Western Railway
| pregroup = Great Western Railway
| postgroup = Great Western Railway
| platforms = 2
| coordinates = {{coord|52.0578|-1.8519|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| gridref = SP102399
| years = {{Start date|1904|08|01|df=yes}}
| events = Opened
| years1 = {{end date|1960|03|07|df=yes}}
| events1 = Closed
}}

Willersey Halt railway station served the village of Willersey, Gloucestershire, England between 1904 and 1960.

History

The halt was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1904.{{sfnp|Butt|1995|p=250}}{{sfnp|Quick|2009|p=412}} Situated only ½-mile from the village of Willersey, the station was to the south-west of the road bridge, and there were two {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} wooden platforms, each with a corrugated iron "pagoda" shelter.{{sfnp|Mitchell|Smith|2005|loc=fig. 44}}{{sfnp|Yorke|2009|p=86}}{{sfnp|Baker|1994|p=83}} As with {{rws|Gretton Halt}} and {{rws|Laverton Halt}}, no sidings or facilities were provided.{{sfnp|Yorke|2009|p=86}}{{sfnp|Maggs|Nicholson|1985|p=36}} The halt came under the responsibility of the stationmaster at {{rws|Broadway}}.{{sfnp|Baker|1994|p=83}} The initial service consisted of 9 Down and 8 Up railmotor services a day.{{sfnp|Baker|1994|p=83}} In November 1906, authorisation was given for the extension of the platforms to {{convert|152|ft|m}} at a cost of £30.{{sfnp|Baker|1994|p=83}}

It was closed by British Railways on 7 March 1960.{{sfnp|Butt|1995|p=250}}{{sfnp|Clinker|1988|p=149}}{{sfnp|Quick|2009|p=412}}

Present day

Little remains of the halt apart from some old railings at the end of the footpath on the village side. The trackbed through the site is unbreached and is in use as a footpath.{{sfnp|Siviter|2003|p=81}}

References

Notes

Sources

{{Cite book | last1 = Baker | first1 = Audie | title = The Stratford on Avon to Cheltenham Railway | year = 1994 | publisher = Irwell Press | location = Grasscroft, Oldham | isbn = 978-1-871608-62-5 | ref = harv}}
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{{Clinker-Stations|year=1988}}
{{Cite book | last1 = Maggs | first1 = Colin G. | last2 = Nicholson | first2 = Peter | title = The Honeybourne Line: The continuing story of the Cheltenham to Honeybourne and Stratford upon Avon Railway | year = 1985 | publisher = Line One Publishing | location = Cheltenham | isbn = 978-0-907036-12-8 | ref = harv}}
{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Victor E. |last2=Smith |first2=Keith |title=Stratford upon Avon to Cheltenham |series=Country Railway Routes |origyear=1998 |date=August 2005 |publisher=Middleton Press |location=Midhurst |isbn=1-901706-25-7 |ref=harv }}
{{Quick-Stations}}
{{cite book |last=Siviter|first=Roger|title=The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway|location=Kettering, Northants|publisher=Past & Present Publishing|origyear=1997|year=2003|ISBN=1-85895-208-5|ref=harv}}
{{Cite book | last1 = Yorke | first1 = Stan | title = Lost Railways of Gloucestershire | year = 2009 | publisher = Countryside Books | location = Newbury, Berkshire | isbn = 978-1-84674-163-0 | ref = harv}}

External links

Willersey Halt on navigable 1946 O.S. map

{{Disused Rail Start}}{{rail line |previous={{stnlnk|Weston-sub-Edge}}
Line and station closed |next={{stnlnk|Broadway}}
Line and station closed |route=Great Western Railway
Honeybourne Line |col={{GWR colour}} }}{{s-end}}{{Closed stations Gloucestershire}}

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