Midford Halt railway station

Midford Halt railway station was open between 1911 and 1915 in Somerset, England. The halt was on the Limpley Stoke to Camerton railway that formed part of the Great Western Railway's development of the former Bristol and North Somerset Railway, and which followed the former Somerset Coal Canal. The line was only open to passenger traffic for seven years in all, from 1910 to 1915,[2] and from 1923 to 1925; Midford Halt opened a year late and then did not reopen for the second period.

Midford Halt
East-west beneath north-south: Camerton branch viaduct (left) dwarfed by Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway viaduct at Midford
General information
LocationMidford, Somerset
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
27 Feb 1911Opened[1]
22 Mar 1915Closed

Midford Halt was in Wiltshire; the county boundary runs up to the B3110 road at the point where the canal and railway crossed the road, and the halt was on the Wiltshire side.

The halt was about 400 metres northeast of Midford station which was on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway line.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Combe Hay Halt
Line and station closed		   Bristol and North Somerset Railway
Great Western Railway		   Monkton Combe Halt
Line and station closed

References
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 296. OCLC 931112387.

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