Cross Hands Halt railway station served

Pilning Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to Redwick and Severn Beach. Pilning is close to the M4, M49 and A403 roads, and has the South Wales Main Line railway running through it, with a minor station. The civil parish ...

South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke, the latter three forming ...

, England from 1928 to 1964 on the Severn Beach Line.

History

The station opened on 9 July 1928 by the Great Western Railway. Before the

Severn Tunnel The Severn Tunnel ( cy, Twnnel Hafren) is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn. It was constructed by the Great Western ...

was built, this line was the main line to South Wales via the New Passage ferry. The station was closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 23 November 1964.

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Disused railway stations in Bristol, Bath and South Gloucestershire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1928 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 1928 establishments in England 1964 disestablishments in England Beeching closures in England {{SouthWestEngland-railstation-stub