Backney_Halt_railway_station

Backney Halt railway station

Backney Halt railway station

Former railway station in Herefordshire, England

Backney Halt railway station was a request stop in the English county of Herefordshire. It was located on the Great Western Railway line linking Ross-on-Wye and Hereford.

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Hereford, Ross
and Gloucester Railway
Legend
Welsh Marches line (S&HR)
Cotswold Line (OW&WR)
Hereford, Hay & Brecon Rly
 Hereford Barrs Court
 Hereford Barton
River Wye
Rotherwas Junction
 ROF Rotherwas
Welsh Marches line NA&HR)
Dinedor tunnel
 Holme Lacy
Ballingham tunnel
 Ballingham
Ballingham Bridge
across the River Wye
Fawley Tunnel
 Fawley
River Wye
 Backney Halt
River Wye
 Ross-on-Wye
Ross and Monmouth Railway
 Weston under Penyard Halt
Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean
Junction Railway
 Mitcheldean Road
Lea Line tunnel
 Longhope
 Blaisdon Halt
Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)
 Grange Court
Grange Court Junction
Gloucester–Newport line (SWR)

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway, the station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It closed in 1962, two years before the actual railway was closed to passengers in 1964.

The legacy of the Beeching Axe with the bridge decking spanning the River Wye demolished on Backney Bridge.

See also

References

  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
  • Backney Halt on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Further reading

Former Services
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