Hullavington railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Hullavington, Wiltshire}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Hullavington

| status = Disused

| image = File:Hullavington station site geograph-3694328-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| caption = Near the site of the station, 1995

| borough = Hullavington, Wiltshire

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.5442|-2.1459|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|ST900828|25|ST900828}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Great Western Railway

| years = {{Start date|1903|07|01|df=yes}}

| events = Opened

| years1 = 3 April 1961

| events1 = Closed to passengers

| years2 = {{End date|1965|10|04|df=y}}

| events2 = Closed completely

}}

Hullavington railway station served the civil parish of Hullavington, Wiltshire, England from 1903 to 1965 on the South Wales Main Line.

History

The station was opened on 1 July 1903{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=235|oclc=931112387}} by the Great Western Railway, on an embankment just west of the Hullavington-Norton road, about half a mile north of Hullavington village.{{cite web|title=Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps of Great Britain, sheet ST88|website=National Library of Scotland|url=http://maps.nls.uk/view/95749763|date=1951|access-date=17 September 2017}} There was a goods yard and a weighbridge. The station closed to passengers on 3 April 1961 and to goods traffic on 4 October 1965.{{cite book|last1=Oakley|first1=Mike|title=Wiltshire Railway Stations|date=2004|publisher=The Dovecote Press|location=Wimborne|isbn=1-904349-33-1|pages=70–71}}{{cite web|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/123|title=Hullavington|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=8 September 2017}}

References

External links

{{rail line |previous={{rws|Little Somerford}}
Line open, station closed|next={{rws|Badminton}}
Line open, station closed|route=Great Western Railway
South Wales Main Line|col={{GWR colour}} }}

Category:Disused railway stations in Wiltshire

Category:Former Great Western Railway stations

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903

Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1961

Category:1903 establishments in England

Category:1965 disestablishments in England