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The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following: Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked. Some stations have been reopened to passenger traffic. Some lines remain in use for freight and mineral traffic.

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Gaerwen L&NWR 1966
Gagie LM&SR 1955
Gailes Glasgow and South Western Railway 1967
Gailey L&NWR 1951
Gainford NER 1964
Gairlochy Highland Railway/North British Railway 1933
Gaisgill NER 1952
Galashiels North British Railway 1969 reopened 2015
Galgate Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 1939
Gallions Eastern Counties Railway 1940
Gallowgate City of Glasgow Union Railway 1902
Gallowgate Central North British Railway 1917
Galston Glasgow and South Western Railway 1964
Gamlingay L&NWR 1968
Ganton NER 1930
Gara Bridge GWR 1963
Gargunnock NBR 1934
Garlieston (1st) Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 1876
Garlieston (2nd) Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 1903
Garmouth Great North of Scotland Railway 1968
Garnant GWR 1958
Garnant Halt GWR 1926
Garndiffaith L&NWR 1941
Garneddwen Corris Railway 1931
Garneddwen Halt GWR 1965
Garngad North British Railway 1910
Garnkirk Caledonian Railway 1960
Garnqueen Monklands Railway 1851
Garn-yr-Erw L&NWR 1941
Garsdale Midland Railway 1970 reopened 1986
Garsington Bridge Halt GWR 1915 later reopened as Morris Cowley
Garstang and Catterall Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 1969
Garstang Road Halt Garstang and Knot-End Railway 1930
Garstang Town Garstang and Knot-End Railway 1930
Garston (Merseyside) Cheshire Lines Committee 2006
Garston Church Road L&NWR 1939
Garston Dock L&NWR 1947
Gartcosh Caledonian 1962 reopened 2005
Garth (Mid Glamorgan) Port Talbot Railway 1913
Garth and Van Road Van Railway 1879
Gartly Great North of Scotland Railway 1968
Gartmore North British Railway 1950
Gartness North British Railway 1934
Garton NER 1950
Gartsherrie Monklands Railway 1851
Gartsherrie Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway 1851
Gascoigne Wood Junction NER 1902
Gatcombe GWR 1869
Gateacre Cheshire Lines Committee 1972
Gatehead Glasgow and South Western Railway 1969
Gatehouse of Fleet Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 1965
Gateshead NER 1981
Gateshead West NER 1965
Gateside North British Railway 1950
Gatewen Halt GWR 1931
Gatwick Airport (opened as Tinsley Green) Southern Railway 1958 new station opened 0.8mls north
Gayton Road Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 1959

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Geddington Midland Railway 1948
Gedling and Carlton GNR 1960
Gedney Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 1959
Geldeston GER 1953
Gelli Ceidrim Llanelly Railway 1861
Gelli Felen Halt LM&SR 1958
Gelli Platform Taff Vale Railway 1912
Georgetown Caledonian Railway 1959
Gerards Bridge L&NWR 1905

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Giffen Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 1932
Gifford North British Railway 1933
Gilberts Crossing Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway 1851
Gilbey's Cottages Halt British Railways 1965
Gilderdale Halt South Tynedale Railway 1999
Gildersome East L&NWR 1921
Gildersome West GNR 1955
Gilesgate (Durham) NER 1857
Gileston Barry Railway 1964
Gilfach Goch GWR 1930
Gillett's Crossing Halt Preston and Wyre Joint Railway 1939
Gilling NER 1953
Gilmerton North British Railway 1933
Gilnockie North British Railway 1964
Gilsland NER 1967
Gilwern Halt L&NWR 1958
Girtford Halt LM&SR 1940
Girvan (Old) Glasgow and South Western Railway 1893
Gisburn Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1962

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Gladstone Dock Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1924
Gladstone Dock Liverpool Overhead Railway 1956
Glais (1st) Midland Railway 1875
Glais (2nd) Midland Railway 1950
Glamis Newtyle, Eassie and Glamiss Railway 1956
Glan Llyn Halt GWR 1965
Glanamman GWR 1958
Glandyfi Cambrian Railways 1965
Glanrhyd Halt Vale of Towy Railway 1955
Glanton NER 1930
Glan y Llyn Cardiff Railway 1931
Glanyrafon Halt (Shropshire) Cambrian Railways 1951
Glan-yr-Afon Halt (Powys) GWR 1962
Glapwell Midland Railway 1930
Glasbury-on-Wye Midland Railway 1962
Glascoed Halt GWR 1955
Glasgow Bridge Street Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 1905
Glasgow Buchanan Street Caledonian Railway 1966
Glasgow Cross Caledonian Railway 1964
Glasgow Dunlop Street City of Glasgow Union Railway 1876
Glasgow Green Caledonian Railway 1953
Glasgow Road (Perth) Scottish North Eastern Railway 1860
Glasgow St Enoch City of Glasgow Union Railway 1966
Glasgow South Side Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway 1879
Glassaugh Great North of Scotland Railway 1953
Glassel Great North of Scotland Railway 1966
Glassford Caledonian Railway 1945
Glasson North British Railway 1932
Glasson Dock L&NWR 1930
Glasterlaw Scottish North Eastern Railway/Caledonian Railway 1951
Glastonbury and Street Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway 1966
Glazebury and Bury Lane L&NWR 1958
Glemsford Great Eastern Railway 1967
Glen Douglas Halt North British Railway 1964
Glen Falloch Halt L&NER 1948
Glenbarry Great North of Scotland Railway 1968
Glenboig Caledonian Railway 1956
Glenbuck Glasgow and South Western Railway 1952
Glenburnie Edinburgh and Northern Railway 1848
Glencarron Platform Highland Railway 1964
Glencarse Caledonian Railway 1956
Glencorse North British Railway 1933
Glendon and Rushton Midland Railway 1960
Glenellrig Monklands Railway 1850
Glenesk North British Railway 1874
Glenfarg North British Railway 1964
Glenfield (Leicestershire) (1st) Midland Railway 1876
Glenfield (Leicestershire) (2nd) Midland Railway 1928
Glenfoot Stirling and Dunfermline Railway 1851
Glengarnock High Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway 1930
Glenluce Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway 1965
Glenoglehead Caledonian Railway 1889
Glenside Glasgow and South Western Railway 1930
Glenwhilly Glasgow and South Western Railway 1965
Globe Road and Devonshire Street Great Eastern Railway 1916
Glodwick Road (Oldham) L&NWR 1955
Glogue GWR 1962
Gloucester Eastgate Midland Railway 1975
Glyn Abbey Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway 1953
Glyn Ceiriog Glyn Valley Tramway 1933
Glyn Neath GWR 1964
Glyncorrwg South Wales Mineral Railway 1930
Glyndyfrdwy GWR 1964 reopened 1993
Glyne Gap Halt London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1915
Glynllifon Street Festiniog and Blaenau Railway 1883
Glyntaff Halt Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway 1930

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Gnosall LNWR 1964
Goathland (first station) Whitby and Pickering Railway 1865
Gob-y-Deigan Manx Northern Railway 1887
Godalming (old) LSWR 1897
Godley East Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 1995
Godley Toll Bar Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway 1842
Godmanchester Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway 1959
Godnow Bridge South Yorkshire Railway 1917
Godreaman Halt (1st) GWR 1922
Godreaman Halt (2nd) GWR 1924
Godshill Isle of Wight Central Railway 1952
Godwin's Halt Midland Railway 1947
Gogar North British Railway 1930
Gogarth Great Western Railway 1985
Goitre Halt Cambrian Railways 1931
Golant Halt GWR 1965
Golborne North Great Central Railway 1952
Golborne South North Union Railway 1961
Golcar LNWR 1968
Golden Grove LNWR 1963
Golden Hill Platform GWR 1940
Golden Sands Halt Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway 1990s approximate date
Goldsborough NER 1958
Goldthorpe and Thurnscoe Halt Dearne Valley Railway 1951
Golf Club Halt (Hove) Brighton and Dyke Railway 1939
Golf Club Halt (Perthshire & Kinross) Caledonian Railway 1951
Golf Club Halt (Selsey) West Sussex Railway 1935
Golf Club House Halt Great North of Scotland Railway 1964
Golf Links (Camber) Rye and Camber Tramway 1939
Golfa Cambrian Railways 1931
Gollanfield Junction Inverness and Nairn Railway 1965
Gomersal LNWR 1953
Goodrington Sands Great Western Railway 1972 transferred to the Dartmouth Steam Railway
Goole Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1879
Goonbell Halt GWR 1963
Goonhavern Halt GWR 1963
Goosehouse Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway 1849
Gorbals Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway 1928
Gordon North British Railway 1948
Gorebridge North British Railway 1969 reopened 2015
Gorgie East North British Railway 1962
Gorleston Links Halt Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway 1970
Gorleston North Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway 1942
Gorleston-on-Sea Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway 1970
Gornal Halt GWR 1932
Gorseinon LNWR 1964
Gors-y-Garnant Halt GWR 1926
Gorton North British Railway 1964
Gosberton Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway 1961
Gospel Oak Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway 1926 reopened 1981
Gosport LSWR 1953
Gosport Road and Alverstoke LSWR 1915
Goswick NER 1958
Gotherington Halt GWR 1955
Goudhurst South Eastern Railway 1961
Gourdon North British Railway 1951
Govan Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway 1921
Govilon LNWR 1958
Gowerton South LNWR 1964

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Grace Dieu Halt LNWR 1931
Grafham Midland Railway 1959
Grafton and Burbage Midland and South Western Junction Railway 1961
Graig (Pontypridd) Barry Railway 1930
Grain British Railways 1961
Grain Crossing Halt South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1951
Grainsby Halt GNR 1939
Grampound Road GWR 1964
Granborough Road Metropolitan Railway 1936
Grandtully Highland Railway 1965
Grange Great North of Scotland Railway 1968
Grange Court GWR 1964
Grange Lane (Sheffield) South Yorkshire Railway 1953
Grange Road London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1967
Grangemouth Caledonian Railway 1968
Grangetown (Teesside) NER 1991
Grantham Ambergate Yard Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Railway 1852
Granton North British Railway 1925
Granton Road Caledonian Railway 1962
Grantown-on-Spey East Great North of Scotland Railway 1965
Grantown-on-Spey West Highland Railway 1965
Grantshouse North British Railway 1964
Granville Street (Birmingham) Midland Railway 1885
Grasscroft Halt L&NWR 1955
Grassington & Threshfield Midland Railway 1930
Grassmoor Great Central Railway 1940
Gravesend West LC&DR 1953
Grayrigg (1st) L&NWR 1861
Grayrigg (2nd) L&NWR 1954
Great Alne GWR 1939
Great Barr L&NWR 1899
Great Bridge North L&NWR 1964
Great Bridge South GWR 1964
Great Bridgeford L&NWR 1949
Great Broughton Cleator and Workington Junction Railway 1908
Great Coates Level Crossing Grimsby and Immingham Tramway 1961
Great Dalby Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway 1953
Great Glen Midland Railway 1951
Greatham NER 1991
Great Harwood Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1957
Great Haywood North Staffordshire Railway 1947
Great Horton GNR 1955
Great Houghton Halt Dearne Valley Railway 1951
Great Howard Street, Liverpool Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1851
Great Linford L&NWR 1964
Great Longstone Midland Railway 1962
Great Ormesby Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 1959
Great Ponton GNR 1958
Great Shefford GWR 1960
Great Somerford GWR 1933
Greatstone Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway 1983
Greatstone-on-Sea Halt SR 1967
Greaves (Lancaster) Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway 1849
Green Bank Halt GWR 1962
Greenesfield York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway 1850
Greenhead NER 1967
Greenhill Lower Scottish Central Railway 1966
Greenlaw North British Railway 1948
Greenloaning Caledonian Railway 1956
Greenmount Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1952
Greenock Lynedoch Glasgow and South Western Railway 1959
Greenock Princes Pier (1st) Glasgow and South Western Railway 1894
Greenock Princes Pier (2nd) Glasgow and South Western Railway 1965
Greenodd Furness Railway 1946
Greens of Drainie Great North of Scotland Railway 1859
Greens Siding Great Western Railway 1941
Greenway Halt Great Western Railway 1959
Greenwich Park LC&DR 1917
Greetland Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1962
Gregson Lane Halt Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1946
Gresford (for Llay) Halt GWR 1962
Gresley Midland Railway 1964
Gresty L&NWR 1918
Gretna Caledonian Railway 1951
Gretna North British Railway 1915
Gretton Midland Railway 1966
Gretton Halt GWR 1960
Griffith's Crossing L&NWR 1937
Grimesthorpe Bridge Sheffield and Rotherham Railway 1843
Grimethorpe Halt Dearne Valley Railway 1951
Grimoldby GNR 1960
Grimsargh Preston and Longridge Railway 1930
Grimsby Corporation Bridge G&I/GCR 1961
Grimsby Pier Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 1879
Grimsby Pyewipe Road Great Central Railway 1912
Grimston Midland Railway 1957
Grimston Road Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 1959
Grimstone and Frampton GWR 1966
Grindley GNR 1939
Grindley Brook Halt LMSR 1957
Grindon North Staffordshire Railway 1934
Grinkle NER 1939
Gristhorpe NER 1959
Groesffordd Halt GWR 1962
Groeslon Nantlle Railway/L&NWR 1964
Groeswen Halt Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway 1956
Grogley Halt L&SWR 1967
Groombridge London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1985 Reopened by Spa Valley Rly
Grosvenor Road London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1907
Grosvenor Road London, Chatham and Dover Railway 1911
Grotton and Springhead L&NWR 1955
Grove Ferry and Upstreet South Eastern Railway (UK) 1966
Grove Hill Halt Wantage Tramway 1925
Grovesend L&NWR 1932

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Guardbridge North British Railway 1965
Guay Highland Railway 1959
Guestwick Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway 1959
Guild Street (Aberdeen) Caledonian Railway 1867
Guisborough NER 1964
Gullane North British Railway 1932
Gunness and Burringham Great Central Railway 1916
Gupworthy West Somerset Mineral Railway 1898
Gushetfaulds Caledonian Railway 1907
Guthrie Caledonian Railway 1955
Guyhirne Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway 1953

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Station
(Town, unless in station name)
Rail company Year closed Notes
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Halt GWR 1926
Gwernydomen Halt Brecon and Merthyr Railway 1956
Gwersyllt Hill Halt GWR 1931
Gwinear West Cornwall Railway 1852
Gwinear Road GWR 1964
Gwyddelwern L&NWR 1953
Gwys Midland Railway 1950
Gyfeillon Platform Taff Vale Railway 1918

References

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  • Wignall, C J (1985). Complete British Railway Maps and Gazetteer (1825–1985). Poole, UK: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-86093-294-X.
  • "Disused Stations". Retrieved 12 March 2008.