Great Houghton Halt railway station explained

Great Houghton Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Great Houghton, Barnsley
Country:England
Coordinates:53.5487°N -1.3454°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Original:Dearne Valley Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Events:Opened as Houghton Halt
Years1:24 August 1912
Events1:Renamed Great Houghton Halt
Events2:Station closed

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 109, 124 .
  2. Book: Marshall, John . John Marshall (railway historian) . The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 2 . 1970 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-4906-6 . 140, 142, 256 .