Broughton Gifford Halt railway station

Broughton Gifford Halt
Location
Place	Broughton Gifford
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51°21′49″N 2°10′01″W / 51.36373°N 2.16703°W / 51.36373; -2.16703Coordinates: 51°21′49″N 2°10′01″W / 51.36373°N 2.16703°W / 51.36373; -2.16703
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
29 October 1905^[1]	Opened
7 February 1955^[1]	Closed
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Broughton Gifford Halt was a small railway station serving Broughton Gifford in Wiltshire, England, built for the newly introduced steam railcar service between Chippenham and Trowbridge.^[1]

The halt was southeast of the village at the Mill Lane bridge, near the road between Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon; it was closed in 1955 but the line remains open.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Elizabeth Crittal. "A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 4". British History Online. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
↑ Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 1904349331.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Melksham Line and station open		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line		Holt Junction Line open, station closed

Closed railway stations in Wiltshire

Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke

Salisbury Branch Line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North

Devizes Branch Line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt

Reading to Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level

Chippenham and Calne Line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne

Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth

Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt

Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth

Golden Valley Line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton

Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt

Bulford Camp Branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony

South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford

West of England Main Line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South

Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury

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