Eastbury Halt railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Eastbury, Berkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Eastbury Halt

| status = Disused

| image = Eastbury Halt site geograph-3440716-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| caption = Site of the station in 1992

| borough = Eastbury, West Berkshire

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.4950|-1.5033|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU345774|25|SU345774}}

| platforms = 1{{cite web|title=Eastbury Halt|url=http://www.lambournvalleyrailway.co.uk/pages/eastbury/eastbury.htm|work=The History of a Branch Line 1898 to 1973|publisher=The Lambourn Valley Railway|access-date=22 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108084734/http://www.lambournvalleyrailway.co.uk/pages/eastbury/eastbury.htm|archive-date=8 November 2010|url-status=dead}}

| original = Lambourn Valley Railway

| pregroup = Great Western Railway

| postgroup = Great Western Railway

| years1 = 1898

| events1 = Opened as Eastbury

| years2 = 1934

| events2 = Renamed Eastbury Halt

| years3 = 1960

| events3 = Closed

}}

Eastbury Halt railway station was a railway station in Eastbury, Berkshire, England on the Lambourn Valley Railway.{{cite web|title=Station Name: EASTBURY HALT|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/eastbury_halt/index.shtml|publisher=Disused Stations|access-date=22 June 2010}}

History

The station opened on 4 April 1898 as Eastbury. The vast majority of the station's traffic was milk; there was little demand for other goods and so the lack of a yard meant that the milk churns would be left on the platform to be collected.

On 9 July 1934, the station became unstaffed and was renamed Eastbury Halt.{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=87 }}

The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1960.

{{Disused Rail Start}}

{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|East Garston}}|next={{stnlnk|Lambourn}}|route=Great Western Railway
Lambourn Valley Railway |col={{GWR colour}} }}

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