Backney Halt railway station
Former railway station in Herefordshire, England
51°56′35″N 2°36′26″W / 51.9431°N 2.6071°W / 51.9431; -2.6071
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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.
History
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.
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See also
References
- 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
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2008). Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 22-25. ISBN 9781906008307. OCLC 370350430.
Former Services
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Ross-on-Wye | Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway British Railways | Fawley |
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