Limpley Stoke railway station

Limpley Stoke
The station in 2010
Location
Place	Limpley Stoke
Area	Wiltshire
Coordinates	51°20′55″N 2°18′53″W / 51.348599°N 2.314733°W / 51.348599; -2.314733Coordinates: 51°20′55″N 2°18′53″W / 51.348599°N 2.314733°W / 51.348599; -2.314733
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1857 (1857)	Opened^[1]
1966 (1966)	Closed^[1]
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Limpley Stoke railway station is a former railway station in Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, UK. The station was originally started by the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway, which was bought by the Great Western Railway before service started. The station served as a loading point for limestone from neaby quarries until 1960.^[1] The station closed in 1966, and the building is in private hands. The line remains open, and has regular passenger service.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Monkton Combe Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Bristol and North Somerset Railway (Camerton branch)		Freshford Line and station open
Bathampton Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Wessex Main Line / Heart of Wessex Line		Freshford Line and station open

References

1 2 3 "Limpley Stoke Station". Bradford on Avon Museum. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2013-08-18.

Closed railway stations in Wiltshire

Bristol and North Somerset Railway	Midford Halt Monkton Combe Halt Limpley Stoke

Salisbury Branch Line	Heytesbury Codford Wylye Langford Wishford Wilton North

Devizes Branch Line	Semington Halt Seend Bromham and Rowde Halt Devizes Pans Lane Halt

Reading to Taunton line	Patney and Chirton Woodborough Manningford Halt Wootton Rivers Halt Savernake Low Level

Chippenham and Calne Line	Stanley Bridge Halt Black Dog Halt Calne

Midland and South Western Junction Railway	Cricklade Moredon Halt Rushey Platt Swindon Town Chiseldon Chiseldon Camp Ogbourne Marlborough Low Level Marlborough High Level Savernake High Level Grafton and Burbage Collingbourne Kingston Halt Collingbourne Ludgershall Tidworth

Great Western Main Line	Box Box (Mill Lane) Halt Corsham Christian Malford Halt Dauntsey Wootton Bassett Wootton Bassett Road Stratton Park Halt

Highworth branch line	Stratton Stanton Hannington Highworth

Golden Valley Line	Oaksey Halt Minety and Ashton Keynes Purton

Wessex Main Line	Lacock Halt Beanacre Halt Broughton Gifford Halt Holt Junction Staverton Halt

Bulford Camp Branch	Bulford Amesbury Newton Tony

South Wales Main Line	Hullavington Little Somerford Brinkworth Great Somerford

West of England Main Line	Dinton Idmiston Halt Porton Semley Wilton South

Other lines	Downton Edington and Bratton Fovant Lavington Malmesbury

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