Ashdon Halt railway station explained

Ashdon Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Ashdon, Uttlesford
Country:England
Platforms:1
Original:Great Eastern Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:14 August 1911
Events:Station opens
Years1:7 September 1964
Events1:Station closes

Ashdon Halt was a railway station on the Saffron Walden Railway. It opened 14 August 1911 and closed 7 September 1964. The halt was approximately 46miles from London Liverpool Street station.[1]

History

After many campaigns by villagers [2] Ashdon Halt was finally opened by the Great Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed by the British Railways Board.

References

  1. Web site: ELR: AEB mileages.
  2. Web site: Ashdon Halt. 2013-04-10. Pocket Book. en. 2018-12-12.

External links

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