List of private railway stations in Great Britain

Broomielaw Station (remains) in 1965

This is a list of railway stations which at some time have been private halts. It details the name of the railway station, its location, dates where known, reason for its existence and any additional information that may aid the researcher.

Name	Location	Dates	Purpose	Notes
Achnashellach railway station	Dingwall and Skye Railway	1900-	A private halt for Tennant of Achnashellach.	He was a defaulting shareholder who never paid for all his shares (or having his own station).
Alton Park	Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway	1898-1932	To serve Treloar’s Hospital.	The film Oh, Mr Porter! was filmed on the line.[1]
Avon Lodge Halt	Between Ringwood and Christchurch	1858-1935	To allow Lord Malmesbury to stop any ordinary train.	An Act of Parliament allowed him to do this.
Broomielaw station	Barnard Castle branch	1856- 1964	A private halt for the Bowes-Lyon family.	Private until 1942, John Bowes was so proud of Broomielaw station that he named one of his horses after it.
Butterton station	Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, Staffordshire	1904-1934	Private Halt for Sir Thomas Wardle.	Wardle built a tunnel through his land to avoid spoiling his view!
Campbell's Platform railway station	Ffestiniog railway	1968-	For visitors to Dduallt Manor	A siding from 1962-66.
Coed y Bleiddiau Halt	Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog, Wales	1862-1937	For use of the residents of Ty Hovington.	Not listed - driver stops at own discretion.
Crathes	Deeside Railway Crathes Castle, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire	1853-1966	Private Halt for Sir Robert Leys.	In return for leasing the land, even the Royal Train had to stop there.[2]
Dunrobin	Duke of Sutherland's Railway. Near Golspie, Sutherland	1870-1965; re-opened 1985	For Duke of Sutherland’s railway.	Has also been known as Dunrobin Castle.
Earl Fitzwilliam's private railway station	Elsecar, South Yorkshire	1870-1979	Private Halt to transport guests to Wentworth Woodhouse	The trains were known as "E.F.W. specials"
Hoe Farm	Hundred of Manhood & Selsey Tramway	1896-1934	To transport farm produce to Chichester.	Provided as part considerations in the conveyance of land for the tramway.
Lanhydrock	Bodmin, Cornwall	1859	Private halt for Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden	Later on a driveway from the Lanhydrock House to Bodmin Parkway railway station was built.
Lemsford Road Halt railway station.[3]	St Albans, Hertfordshire	1942-1951	For workmen at De Havilland's.	Did not appear on public time tables.
Lochluichart railway station	Dingwall and Skye Railway	1872-1954	A private platform for Lady Ashburnton on the Lochluichart Lodge estate.	New station opened 1964 when Conon Valley Hydro Electric Scheme raised the height of Loch Luichart.
Londesborough Park railway station	York to Beverley Line	(unknown) - 1867	A short-lived private station for George Hudson of Londesborough Hall.	The station building was renamed Avenue House and remained in-situ until the 1960s.[4]
Londonderry (Seaham Dene) Station	County Durham	1875	To serve the estate of The Marquess of Londonderry.	Described by Pevsner in Buildings of England (Penguin Books, 1957) as "small but decorative".
Longwitton - opened as Rothley	Scotsgap to Rothbury	1863-1963	A private halt for the Trevelyan Estate.	Became a public station in 1873.
Luffness Platform[5]	Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway Near Gullane, East Lothian	1903-1932	For members of New Luffness Golf Club Image:Luffness Links.jpg.	Golf club paid a rent to the North British Railway for the privilege.
Medina Wharf Halt railway station.[6]	Isle of Wight	1896-1966	For workmen who unloaded the coal and merchandise.	Did not appear in public time tables.
Mosney railway station	County Meath, Éire	1948-2000	For customers of the nearby Butlins Holiday Camp.	Added to the public time table in 1958.
Parkhouse Halt	Waverley Line Near Carlisle	1941-1969	Private halt for Air Force Depot workers
Philorth Halt	Formartine and Buchan Railway Near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire	1865-1965	Private halt for Lord Saltoun.	The station building has been extended and is now used as a residential building.
Rosehaugh Halt railway station	Fortrose Branch. Near Avoch, Black Isle	1894-1951	Private Halt for James Douglas Fletcher.	Redcastle Station is the only Black Isle Railway station still standing today.
Watchingwell (Isle of Wight) railway station	Isle of Wight	1897-1953	Private halt for Sir John Barington Simeon, Southampton M.P.	Positioned to serve his Swainston Estate. Sometimes known as Upper Watchingwell Halt

See also

• Private railway station
• List of private railway stations

References

1. "First Stop Buggleskelly". Christopher Tolley. January 2001. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2015.