Walford Halt railway station
{{Short description|Former railway station in Herefordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Walford Halt
| status = Disused
| image =
| borough = Walford, Herefordshire
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|51.8819|-2.6028|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title,inline}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SO586205|25|SO586205}}
| platforms = 1
| postgroup = Great Western Railway
| years = 23 February 1931
| events = Opened
| years1 = 5 January 1959
| events1 = Closed
}}
{{Ross and Monmouth Railway|collapse=yes}}
Walford Halt railway station is a disused halt on the Ross and Monmouth Railway constructed near the Herefordshire village of Walford.{{sfnp|Parkhouse, BRHIC, Vol 1|at=6: The Ross & Monmouth Railway|page=173}} It also served the surrounding settlements. Nothing remains of the station. It was located approximately {{convert|3|mi|12|chain|km}} along the railway from Ross-on-Wye station.
History
It was opened by the Great Western Railway on 23 February 1931{{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=239 }} and consisted of a {{convert|120|ft|m}} platform and a small hut on the east side of the line.{{sfnp|Parkhouse, BRHIC, Vol 1|at=6: The Ross & Monmouth Railway|page=173}} It was unstaffed and had no freight facilities or sidings.
The staff of Kerne Bridge station lit the platform lights and cleaned the stop, though its traffic receipts were counted with Ross-on-Wye's.
The halt closed on 5 January 1959 when the Ross and Monmouth Railway was closed to passengers. The track was still used from Ross-on-Wye to Lydbrook until 1965 as a private siding to serve a cable works.Stanley C Jenkins, The Ross, Monmouth and Pontypool Road Line, revised second edition 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-85361-692-4}}Stan Yorke, Lost Railways of Gloucestershire, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-84674-163-0}}{{sfnp|Parkhouse, BRHIC, Vol 1|at=6: The Ross & Monmouth Railway|page=172}}
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{rail line|previous=Kerne Bridge|next=Ross-on-Wye|route=Ross and Monmouth Railway
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References
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Bibliography
- {{Book-Parkhouse-BRHIC-1|chapter=6: The Ross & Monmouth Railway|pages=167–200}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Branch Lines around Ross-on-Wye|first1=Vic|last1=Mitchell|first2=Keith|last2=Smith|at=figs. 109-110|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2008|isbn=9781906008307|oclc=370350430}}
External links
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#357,220,1 Station on 1952 OS Map]
{{Closed stations Herefordshire}}
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1931
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959
Category:Former Great Western Railway stations