List of closed railway stations in Britain: H-J explained

The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked. Some stations have been reopened to passenger traffic. Some lines remain in use for freight and mineral traffic.

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
GER1952
HackneyNorth London Railway1944 new station opened 1980
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway1963
GER1931
North British Railway1949
HaddiscoeNorfolk Railway1904
GER1959
GER1964
GER1932
LNWR1964
Chester and Birkenhead Railway1956
L&NWR1960
British Railways1959
Welsh Highland Railway1936
Welsh Highland Railway1936
GWR1964
(1st)Welsh Highland Railway1936
(2nd)Welsh Highland Railway2010
Stockton and Darlington Railway1859
North London Railway1940 reopened 2010
LNWR1934
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1965
LM&SR1943
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1968
GNR1961
Milford Docks Company1890approximate date
North British Railway1930
GWR1964
HalebankLNWR1958
Great Western Railway/Midland Railway Joint1958
HalesworthSouthwold Railway1929
Cheshire Lines Committee1951 new station opened 1988
Halifax North BridgeHalifax and Ovenden Junction Railway1955
Halifax St. PaulsHalifax High Level Railway1917
Sutherland and Caithness Railway1960
Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway1953
Bristol and North Somerset Railway1959
Hallcraig Street (Airdrie)North British Railway1870
GWR1918
GNR1951
North Staffordshire Railway1931
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1938
Colne Valley and Halstead Railway1962
Halton (Cheshire)Chester and Birkenhead Railway1952
Halton (Lancashire)Midland Railway1966
Leeds and Selby Railway1864
GNR1939
Halwill (also "Halwill and Beaworthy")London and South Western Railway/North Cornwall Railway1966
GWR1964
Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway1940
GWR1964
Ham Platform (Lewes)London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1857
NER1959
North British Railway1952
North and South Western Junction Railway1917
Hammersmith (Grove Road)London and South Western Railway1916
LNWR1965
West Riding and Grimsby Railway1952
GWR1962
Hampstead RoadNorth London Railway1855
NER1950
GWR1963 reopened by Severn Valley Railway
GWR1917
(1st)Midland Railway1884
(2nd)Midland Railway1917
Hamworthy (originally Poole – first station)LSWR1896
GWR1972
LNWR1941
North Staffordshire Railway1913
(1st)North Staffordshire Railway1873
(2nd)North Staffordshire Railway1964
Hanley Road (Malvern)Midland Railway1952
GWR1953
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railway1960
Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway1933
Caledonian Railway1964
LNWR1934
Caledonian Railway1966
Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway1953
GER1969
British Railways1965
Hare Park and CroftonWest Riding and Grimsby Railway1952
Midland Railway1965
North British Railway1929
Harlesden for West WillesdenMidland Railway1902
GER1953
Harlington Halt (Yorkshire)Dearne Valley Railway1951
GNR1962
GNR1965
NER1953
Harrington (Church Road Halt)Cleator & Workington Junction Railway1926 publicworkers' services continued to 1929
Midland Railway1948
York and North Midland Railway1862
GER1963
NER1953
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1967
LNWR1954special service continued until 1963
Hartington Road HaltLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway1911
NER1947
NER1964
Blyth and Tyne Railway1851
GWR1951
Hart's Hill and WoodsideGWR1917
North Staffordshire Railway1926
Sheppey Light Railway1950
Midland Railway1963
LNER1972
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1960
North Staffordshire Railway1930
North British Railway1969
Midland Railway1942
(1st)NER1877
(2nd)NER1952
GWR1962
Eastern Counties Railway1849
GNR1905
Southern Railway1965
Midland Railway1960
Hatton (Aberdeen)Great North of Scotland Railway1932
Hatton (Tayside)Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway1865
Haughley (MSLR)Mid-Suffolk Light Railway1939
GER1967
GER1849
LNWR1949
GWR1960
L&SWR1859
Isle of Wight Central Railway1966 reopened 1971
HaverhillGER1967
Colne Valley and Halstead Railway1924
Midland Railway1916
Furness Railway1946 reopened 1973
NER1954
Midland Railway/North Eastern Railway Joint1959
(1st)North British Railway1862
(2nd)North British Railway1969
LNWR1965
G&SWR1966 reopened 1991
SER1961
NER1965
NER1930
Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway1959
Isle of Axholme Joint Railway1933
Isle of Axholme Joint Railway1933
Midland Railway1962
NER1965
Great Central Railway1952
Great Central Railway1963
London and North Western Railway1902
Great Central Railway/Midland Railway1970
GWR1960 reopened 2017
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1963
Caledonian Railway1951
Midland Railway1917
Midland Railway1941
Midland Railway1947
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway/Great Central Railway1950

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
GER1969
Kent and East Sussex Railway1954
Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway1852
NER1967
Glasgow and South Western Railway1933
LMSR1968
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1949
Heanor Great Northern[1] GNR1939
Heanor MidlandMidland Railway1926
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway & Lancashire Union Railway joint1960
Great Central Railway1963
(Hemel Hempstead)Midland Railway1947
Midland Railway1910
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway1931
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1938
Heathfield (Devon)GWR1959
Heathfield (East Sussex)London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1965
Heathrow Express1998
L&NWR1962
NER1980
L&NWR1864
Midland Railway1961
L&NWR1959
NER1958
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1965
L&NWR1953
NER1958
NER1930
L&NWR1965 reopened 1989
NER1964
North Eastern Railway1948
Midland Railway1968
GWR1964
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1952
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1965
Great Central Railway1963
Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway1951
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1966
NER1953
Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway1955
Midland Railway1966
Cheshire Lines Committee1964
GWR1962
Midland Railway1947
NER1967
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1959
West Riding and Grimsby Railway1967
Hull and Barnsley Railway1932
GWR (Culm Valley Light Railway)1963
GWR1964
Bristol and Exeter Railway/GWR1861
GWR1964
NER1879
(Co. Durham)Londonderry Railway1868
GWR1930
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1966
Hengoed High LevelGWR1964
Henham HaltGER1952
GWR1952
Midland Railway1962
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway1966
GWR1965
GWR/LMS Joint Railway1961
NER1950
Glyn Valley Tramway1881
Liverpool Overhead Railway1956
Great Western Railway1893
Midland Railway1874
North British Railway1969
GWR1962
London and South Western Railway1932
Great Northern Railway1924
GNR1951
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1964
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1964
NER1952
NER1930
NER1958
(Hull)NER1853
L&NWR1969
HeswallBirkenhead Railway1956
GER1966
NER1953
Furness Railway1942
HexthorpeSouth Yorkshire Railway1855
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1851
Midland Railway1975 reopened 1987
GWR1955
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1970 reopened 2003 by East Lancashire Railway

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
Hull and Barnsley Railway1929
Maryport and Carlisle Railway1921
Caledonian Railway1945
NER1954
Kent and East Sussex Light Railway1954
South Eastern and Chatham Railway1961
Cleator and Workington Junction Railway1931
Great Central and North Staffordshire Joint Railway1970
High Rocks HaltLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway1952new station opened on different site by Spa Valley Railway
Great Central Railway1856
(1st)NER1879
(2nd)NER1981
High Street (Manchester)Manchester Metrolink1998
NER1942
GER1967
Midland Railway1959
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway1931
Highbridge and Burnham-on-sea (S&D)Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway1966
GWR1960
L&NWR1951
Great Central and North Staffordshire Joint Railway1970
Great Central Railway1917
HighgateGNR1954
Highgate Road High LevelTottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway1915
Highgate Road Low LevelMidland Railway1918
Caledonian Railway1964
GWR1963reopened by Severn Valley Railway
Great Western Railway1962
GWR1953
GER1963
GNR1951
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1959
Hillside (Tayside)North British Railway1927
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1954
GWR1932
NER1958
L&NWR1961
Great Central Railway1964
L&NWR1954
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1959
GWR1915
Midland Railway1963
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1953
GWR1964
Great Western Railway1964
GER1970
North Staffordshire Railway1947

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
GER1952
Hockley (West Midlands)GWR1972
GWR1963
West Sussex Railway1935
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1960
East Lancashire Railway1848
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1959
Holbeck High LevelGNR1958
Holbeck Low LevelMidland Railway/North Eastern Railway Joint1958
London, Chatham and Dover Railway1990
Holborn Viaduct Low LevelLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway1916
Holburn Street (Aberdeen)Great North of Scotland Railway1937
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1952
Southern Railway1965
Glasgow and South Western Railway1950
GER1952
L&NWR1952
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1956
Great Central Railway1963
GNR1915
L&NWR1960
Glasgow and South Western Railway1964
NER1870
Holme (Cambridgeshire)GNR1959
Holme (Lancashire)Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1930
East Anglian Railway1853
GER1964
GWR1964
NER1954
Midland Railway1955
Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway1955
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1959
Ashover Light Railway1936
London and South Western Railway1964
(1st)London and South Western Railway1898
(2nd)London and South Western Railway1966
(Norfolk)Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1964
GWR1966
York and North Midland Railway1939
GNR1961
Holton-le-ClayGNR1955
Holton-le-MoorGreat Central Railway1965
L&NWR1925
L&NWR1966
L&NWR1954
Bluebell Railway1963
Holywood (Dumfries)Glasgow and South Western Railway1949
GER1953
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway1969 reopened 1985
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway1959
GNR1962
London, Chatham and Dover Railway1954
GWR1951
Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway1933
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1964
LNWR1950
Hope and PenyffordL&NWR1962
Hope High LevelGreat Central Railway1958
Hope Low LevelL&NWR1958
Highland Railway1931
GWR1855
NER1958
Hopton-on-SeaNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway1970
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1965
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1970
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1927
Horbury (Millfield Road)Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1961
NER1964
Bishop's Castle Railway1935
Great Western Railway1964
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway1952
Midland Railway1957
GNR1954
North Staffordshire Railway1949
NER1964
NER1964
Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway1943
GWR1962
Horringford (Isle of Wight)Isle of Wight Central Railway1956
London and South Western Railway1964
GWR1962
Horsforth WoodsideNorth Eastern Railway1864
South Eastern Railway1961
(1st)GWR1915
(2nd)GWR1963
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1963station continued open for Bluebell Railway
GNR1952
Midland Railway1970 reopened 1986
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1965
Hothfield HaltSouth Eastern Railway (UK)1959
Clifton Extension Railway1921
Clifton Extension Railway1922
GNR1957
District Railway1909
LMSR1951
(Crosslee)Bridge of Weir Railway1983
Hovingham SpaNER1953
NER1959
GNR1952
L&NWR1959
NER1858
Howood (Renfrewshire)Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway1840
Howsham (Lincs)Great Central Railway1965
Howsham (Yorkshire)York and North Midland Railway1849
Howwood (Renfrewshire)Glasgow and South Western Railway1955 reopened 2001
Sutherland and Caithness Railway1965

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
Midland Railway1964
Great Central Railway1963
GNR1931
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway1931
North Eastern Railway1948approximate date
NER1964
Hull, Barnsley and West Riding Junction Railway1924
Hull Manor House StreetHull and Selby Railway1854
Hull Riverside QuayNER1938
York and North Midland Railway1864
GWR1961
North Staffordshire Railway1934
GNR1953 special services continued until 1962
(Leicester)Midland Railway1968
North British Railway1933
North British Railway1956
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1962
Halesowen Joint Railway1919 special services continued until 1958
Midland Railway1960
Midland Railway1851
GER1969
West Sussex Railway1935
Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway1959
NER1964
L&NWR1949
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway1955
London and South Western Railway1935
Hurst Green HaltLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway1961
Ashover Light Railway1936
London and South Western Railway1964
NER1931
L&NWR1941
Cheshire Lines Committee1885
Liverpool Overhead Railway1956
NER1953
(Aberdeen)Great North of Scotland Railway1937
NER1964
NER1891
NER1930
L&NWR1958
Great Central Railway1958
HyltonNER1964reopened 2002 by the Tyne and Wear Metro as South Hylton
Hythe (Hampshire)Southern Railway1966
Hythe (Kent)South Eastern Railway (UK)1951

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
British Rail2018
Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway1967
?1965
L&NWR1931
GWR1958
GNR1931
IdleLeeds and Bradford Railway1848
Southern Railway1968
Midland Railway1947
GWR1915
NER1930
London and South Western Railway1970
Midland Railway1967 re-opened as Ilkeston 2017
GNR1964
Midland Railway1947
Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway1963
Great Western Railway1962
Great Western Railway1962
Great Central Railway1969
Immingham Dock (G & I tramway)Grimsby and Immingham Tramway1961
Great Central Railway1939
Great Central Railway1912
Immingham TownGrimsby and Immingham Tramway1961
Immingham Western JettyGreat Central Railway1922
British Railways1965

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
Caledonian Railway1964
Caledonian Railway1956
Caledonian Railway1917
Taff Vale Railway1858
GNR1957
GNR1939
GER1953
NER1954
IngletonL&NWR1917
Ingleton (1st)Midland Railway1861
Ingleton (2nd)Midland Railway1954
Great Western Railway1956
Ingrow EastGNR1955
North British Railway1962
Caledonian Railway1951
North British Railway1951
London and South Western Railway1965
Great North of Scotland Railway1951
North British Railway1951
North British Railway1964
Highland Railway/North British Railway1933
InvergloyHighland Railway/North British Railway1933
Dundee and Arbroath Railway1930
Highland Railway1867
Great North of Scotland Railway1965
GER1951
North Staffordshire Railway1935
Eastern Union Railway1860
Midland Railway1960
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway1956
Midland Railway1944
Great Western Railway1963
Glasgow and South Western Railway1943
LNWR1964
Irvine Bank StreetLanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway1930
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway1969
Furness Railway1967
GER1962
L&NWR1968 reopened 1989
London and South Western Railway1973
Great Western Railway1959 reopened 1994

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail companyYear closedNotes
Great Western Railway1948
Great Western Railway1963
JacksdaleGNR1963
Jackson StreetGrimsby and Immingham Tramway1961
James StreetLiverpool Overhead Railway1956
North British Railway1954
North British Railway1948
North British Railway1948
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway1933
NER1954
JesmondBlyth and Tyne Railway1978
Southsea Railway1914
North Eastern Railway1950sapproximate date
North British Railway1848
Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway1953
North British Railway1951
(1st)Glasgow and South Western Railway1905
(2nd)Glasgow and South Western Railway1955
Great Western Railway1960
Jolly SailorLondon and Croydon Railway1859
Joppa (1st)North British Railway1859
North British Railway1964
Great Western Railway1964
Caledonian Railway1951
Junction Bridge (Edinburgh)North British Railway1947
(East Sussex)Kent and East Sussex Railway1954
(London)Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway1943
Caledonian Railway1943
Caledonian Railway1952

References

Notes and References

  1. Sprenger, H., (2009) Rails to Ripley, Southampton: Kestrel