Pinewood Halt railway station
Pinewood Halt railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It served the northern parts of Hermitage and Oare both in Berkshire. The halt was opened on 11 September 1933 in the hope of increasing passenger traffic from people unwilling to walk the long distance to the next station. It closed in 1962.
| Pinewood Halt | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Hermitage |
| Area | West Berkshire |
| Grid reference | SU510736 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 11 September 1933 | Opened |
| 4 August 1942 | Closed |
| 8 March 1943 | Re-opened |
| 10 September 1962 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
Facilities
There was a single platform and shelter but an additional platform, also with a shelter, was later built with the addition of a passing loop. The station itself had no goods facilities,[1] but a couple of sidings were built to the north east of the station to serve the brickworks near the site.
The site today
Evidence of the trackwork for the brickworks sidings can still be seen, although these had been built privately and they predated the halt.[2]
Services
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead Norris | Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton line |
Hermitage |
References
- Judge, C.W. (1984). An Historical Survey of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 43. ISBN 0-86093-149-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Karau, P., Parsons, M. and Robertson, K. (1984) An illustrated history of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, Wild Swan Publications, ISBN 0-906867-04-5