Whitchurch Halt railway station served the village of

Whitchurch, Somerset Whitchurch is a village in north Somerset, England and an adjoining suburb of southern Bristol, bounded by Hartcliffe to the west and Hengrove and Knowle to the north. The suburb was initially developed during the 1930s. The A37 road, which pa ...

, England on the

Bristol and North Somerset Railway The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was a railway line in the West of England that connected Bristol with Radstock, through Pensford and further into northern Somerset, to allow access to the Somerset Coalfield. The line ran almost due so ...

History

The station opened on 1 January 1925 by 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 ...

. It was situated adjacent to the A37 on Wells Road. Behind the station was an orchard. The station closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 2 November 1959.

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Disused railway stations in Somerset Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1925 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 1925 establishments in England 1959 disestablishments in England {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub