Barton and Walton railway station explained

Barton and Walton
Status:Disused
Borough:Barton-under-Needwood, East Staffordshire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.7616°N -1.6967°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway
Pregroup:Midland Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:12 August 1839
Events:Opened
Years1:5 August 1958
Events1:Closed

Barton and Walton railway station opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London.

The village of Walton-upon-Trent itself is in Derbyshire, but the station was in Staffordshire.

History

Pixton suggests that it was initially called Walton,[1] but Butt does not have any record. Originally it may have simply been a halt, but under the Midland Railway it acquired substantial brick buildings. The Midland would have had to rename it when it opened Walton in 1846 on the Syston and Peterborough line. The station closed in 1958, although an unadvertised train stopped on 11 September 1961.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
  2. Book: Quick, M E. Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. 2002. Railway and Canal Historical Society. Richmond. 67. 931112387.