Eastbury Halt railway station

Eastbury Halt
Site of the station in 1992
Location
Place	Eastbury
Area	West Berkshire
Coordinates	51°29′42″N 1°30′12″W / 51.4950°N 1.5033°WCoordinates: 51°29′42″N 1°30′12″W / 51.4950°N 1.5033°W
Grid reference	SU345774
Operations
Original company	Lambourn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1[1]
History
1898	Opened as Eastbury
1934	Renamed Eastbury Halt
1960	Closed
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Eastbury Halt railway station was a railway station in Eastbury, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.^[2]

History

The station opened on 4 April 1898 as Eastbury.^[1] The vast majority of the station's traffic was milk; there was little demand for other goods and so the lack of a yard meant that the milk churns would be left on the platform to be collected.^[1]

On 9 July 1934, the station became unstaffed and was renamed Eastbury Halt.^[2][3]

The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1960.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
East Garston		Great Western Railway Lambourn Valley Railway		Lambourn

References

1. "Eastbury Halt". The History of a Branch Line 1898 to 1973. The Lambourn Valley Railway. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
2. "Station Name: EASTBURY HALT". Disused Stations. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.