Haughton Halt was a minor station located north of
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
on the
GWR's Paddington to
Birkenhead main line. It was opened in the nineteen thirties as part of the GWR's halt construction programme, aimed at combatting growing competition from bus services and would primarily have served the adjacent (and now disused) Haughton Airfield. Today the route is part of the
Shrewsbury to Chester line. Nothing now remains on the site.
Historical services
Express trains did not call at Haughton Halt, only local services. No freight or parcels traffic was handled here.
References
Neighbouring stations
External links
Haughton Halt on navigable 1946 O.S. mapDisused Stations: Haughton Halt
{{Closed stations Shropshire
Disused railway stations in Shropshire
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1934
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960