Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station

Bromham and Rowde Halt
General information
Location	Wiltshire
Platforms	2
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1858 (1858)	Opened
18 April 1966 (1966-04-18)	Closed

Bromham and Rowde Halt was the railway station serving Bromham and Rowde in Wiltshire, England. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Seend and Devizes

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country. However the Devizes line lost to competition and returned to a branch line in 1900.

Closure

Bromham and Rowde suffered from reduced traffic after the completion of the Patney and Chirton-Westbury line, that by-passed the Devizes Branch Line to reduce the London to Bristol journey time by 5 miles. As a result, Bromham and Rowde later lost its stationmaster in 1952.

Bromham and Rowde station and the entire Devizes Branch Line were closed under the Beeching cuts and the station was demolished in 1970.

See also

• Devizes Branch Line
• Devizes Station

References

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Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Devizes Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Devizes Branch Line		Seend Line and station closed