Newbury West Fields Halt was a railway station in

Newbury, Berkshire Newbury is a market town in the county of Berkshire, England, and is home to the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire Council. The town centre around its large market square retains a rare medieval Cloth Hall, an adjoining half timbere ...

, UK, on the

Lambourn Valley Railway The Lambourn Valley Railway (LVR) was a branch railway line running from the town of Newbury, Berkshire north-west to the village of Lambourn. It was opened in 1898. Fulfilling a local need, it was in financial difficulties throughout its ind ...

History

The station opened on 1 October 1906; the last station on the line to open. It was built as part of an improvement programme undertaken after the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

's acquisition of the line on 2 July 1906. Until 1934, the station was staffed. In September 1956, Newbury West Fields Halt was removed from the rail timetables but continued to carry passengers, small goods, and milk. The station closed on 4 February 1957, the first on the line to do so. The station was demolished after closure and the site of the railway formation is now covered by housing development.

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Newbury, Berkshire Lambourn Valley Railway Disused railway stations in Berkshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1957 {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub