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. It closed in 1962.
Pinewood Halt | |
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.JPG) The site of the station in 1967 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hermitage, West Berkshire England |
| Grid reference | SU510736 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 11 September 1933 | Opened |
| 4 August 1942 | Closed |
| 8 March 1943 | Re-opened |
| 10 September 1962 | Closed |
Facilities
editThere 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 - accessed via the smaller arch in the picture - to serve the brickworks near the site.
The site today
editEvidence of the trackwork for the brickworks sidings can still be seen, although these had been built privately and they predated the halt.[2]
Services
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead Norris | Great Western Railway Didcot, Newbury and Southampton line |
Hermitage |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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