Manningford Halt | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Manningford, Wiltshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.3354°N -1.802°W |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Events: | Opened |
Events1: | Closed |
Manningford Halt is a former railway station which opened in 1932 in Manningford parish, Wiltshire, England on the Berks and Hants Extension Railway between and . The halt closed in 1966 when local services were withdrawn.[1]
The halt was about half a mile north of both Manningford Abbots and Manningford Bruce, west of the bridge carrying the Wilcot road over the railway,[2] which had opened in 1862.[3] The two platforms each had a small corrugated iron shelter.
The station was demolished after closure leaving no trace of its existence. The track remains open as part of the Reading–Taunton line.