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Bacton railway station

Coordinates: 51°59′15″N 2°54′06″W / 51.9874°N 2.9018°W / 51.9874; -2.9018
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Bacton
Site of Bacton railway station in 1961
General information
LocationBacton, Herefordshire
England
Coordinates51°59′15″N 2°54′06″W / 51.9874°N 2.9018°W / 51.9874; -2.9018
Grid referenceSO380325
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGolden Valley Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
1 September 1881Station opens as Bacton Road
22 October 1883Station closes
17 November 1883Station reopens
2 July 1885Station closes
19 August 1885Station reopens
20 April 1898Station closes
1 May 1901Station reopens
1 July 1903Station renamed Bacton
15 December 1941Station closes

Bacton railway station was a station in Bacton, Herefordshire, England. It was located on the Great Western Railway branch line linking Pontrilas and Hay-on-Wye. The area is known as the Golden Valley.

History

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Opened by the Golden Valley Railway in 1881, the station closed and re-opened three times in the next twenty years, and lost the Bacton Road suffix. It closed for the last time in 1941.

References

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  • 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.
  • Bacton on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Further reading

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Vowchurch
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Golden Valley Railway
  Abbeydore
Line and station closed