Bacton railway station
Bacton railway station was a station in Bacton, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.
Bacton | |
|---|---|
 Site of Bacton railway station in 1961 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Bacton, Herefordshire England |
| Coordinates | 51.9874°N 2.9018°W |
| Grid reference | SO380325 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Golden Valley Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 September 1881 | Station opens as Bacton Road |
| 22 October 1883 | Station closes |
| 17 November 1883 | Station reopens |
| 2 July 1885 | Station closes |
| 19 August 1885 | Station reopens |
| 20 April 1898 | Station closes |
| 1 May 1901 | Station reopens |
| 1 July 1903 | Station renamed Bacton |
| 15 December 1941 | Station closes |
History
Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and re-opened three times in the next twenty years, and lost the Bacton Road suffix. It closed for the last time in 1941.
References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
- Bacton on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Further reading
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2007). Branch Lines around Hay-on-Wye. Middleton Press. figs. 68-69. ISBN 9781904474920. OCLC 288983659.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowchurch Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Golden Valley Railway |
Abbeydore Line and station closed | ||
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