Haughton Halt railway station explained

Haughton Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Haughton, Shropshire
Country:England
Coordinates:52.8327°N -2.9246°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Great Western Railway
Years:22 December 1934
Events:Station opens
Years1:12 September 1960
Events1:Station closed[1]

Haughton Halt was a minor station located north of Shrewsbury on the GWR's Paddington to Birkenhead main line. It was opened in the nineteen thirties as part of the GWR's halt construction programme, aimed at combatting growing competition from bus services and would primarily have served the adjacent (and now disused) Haughton Airfield. Today the route is part of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. Nothing now remains on the site.

Historical services

Express trains did not call at Haughton Halt, only local services. No freight or parcels traffic was handled here.

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Notes and References

  1. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia