- Dorton Halt railway station
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Dorton Halt 
Station site in 2006. Location Place Dorton and Brill Area Aylesbury Vale Grid reference SP681144 Operations Original company Great Western Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British RailwaysPlatforms 2 History 21 July 1937 Station opens 7 January 1963 Station closes Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZDorton Halt railway station was a railway station serving the village of Dorton in Buckinghamshire and . It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line. The station was geographically nearer to Brill than Brill and Ludgershall railway station.
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History
Dorton Halt was opened on 21 July 1937,[1] being situated between Brill & Ludgershall and Haddenham on the Great Western Railway's Bicester cut-off line,[2] which had opened in 1910. It was built to serve the villages of Dorton, Wotton, Chilton and Ashendon, which lay in an agricultural district, and together had a population of 650.[2] There were two platforms, each with a shelter; the station was electrically lit.[2] The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed the station on 7 January 1963.[1]
Preceding station Historical railways Following station Brill and Ludgershall
Line open, station closedGreat Western Railway
Bicester "cut-off"Haddenham
Line open, station closedNotes
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Willox, W.A., ed (April 1937). "What the Railways are Doing: New G.W.R. Buckinghamshire Halt". The Railway Magazine (Westminster: Railway Publishing Co) LXXX (478).
External links
Closed railway stations in Buckinghamshire Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line Metropolitan Railway Varsity Line Brill Tramway Wycombe Railway Great Central Railway Newport Pagnell branch Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway Brill and Ludgershall · Dorton Halt · Haddenham · Ilmer HaltOther lines Aylesbury High Street · Bledlow Bridge Halt · Olney · Penn · South Aylesbury Halt · Twyford Bridge Halt · CastlethorpeCategories:- Disused railway stations in Buckinghamshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1937
- Railway stations closed in 1963
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