- Newbury West Fields Halt railway station
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Newbury West Fields Halt 
Station site in 2010. Location Place West Fields, Newbury Area West Berkshire Coordinates 51°23′55″N 1°20′21″W / 51.3986°N 1.3392°WCoordinates: 51°23′55″N 1°20′21″W / 51.3986°N 1.3392°W Grid reference SU460668 Operations Original company Great Western Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway Platforms 1[1] History 1906 Opened 1957 Closed 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–ZNewbury West Fields Halt was a railway station in Newbury, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.[2]
History
The station opened on 1 October 1906; the last station on the line to open. It was built as part of an improvement programme undertaken after the Great Western Railway's acquisition of the line on 2 July 1906.[2]
Until 1934, the station was staffed. In September 1956, Newbury West Fields Halt was removed from the rail timetables but continued to carry passengers, small goods, and milk. The station closed on 4 February 1957,[3] the first on the line to do so.[2]
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Newbury Great Western Railway
Lambourn Valley RailwaySpeen References
- ^ "Westfields". The History of a Branch Line 1898 to 1973. The Lambourn Valley Railway. http://www.lambournvalleyrailway.co.uk/pages/westfields/westfields.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ a b c "Station Name: NEWBURY WEST FIELDS HALT". Disused Stations. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/newbury_west_fields_halt/index.shtml. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 168. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
Closed railway stations in Berkshire Staines and West Drayton Railway Windsor branch Wycombe Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Lambourn Valley Railway Newbury West Fields Halt · Speen · Stockcross and Bagnor Halt · Boxford · Welford Park · Great Shefford · East Garston · Eastbury Halt · LambournNorth Downs Line Reading SouthernOther stations Reading Central GoodsStations in Oxfordshire since 1974Great Western Main Line Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Churn · Upton and BlewburyCherwell Valley Line Wycombe Railway Iffley HaltShort branches Categories:- Newbury, Berkshire
- Lambourn Valley Railway
- Disused railway stations in Berkshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1906
- Railway stations closed in 1957
- South East England railway station stubs
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