New Hadley Halt was a minor station between Oakengates and Wellington on the former Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1934.[2] It was closed on 13 May 1985 due to uneconomic required repairs[3] and it was demolished in 1986.
New Hadley Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Ketley, Shropshire England |
| Coordinates | 52°42′00″N 2°28′24″W / 52.7000°N 2.4734°W |
| Grid reference | SJ680115 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 3 November 1934 | Opened[1] |
| 13 May 1985 | Closed[1] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Station Name: New Hadley Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "New Hadley: provision of halt". 11 June 1934 – via National Archive of the UK.
- ^ "List of dates from 1 January 1985 to 20 January 2006 of last passenger trains at closed BR (or Network Rail stations since privatisation)" (PDF). Department for Transport Website: Freedom of Information Act responses, February 2006. Department for Transport. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2009). Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury. Middleton Press. figs. 91-93. ISBN 9781906008444. OCLC 286385795.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line |
Oakengates Line and station open |
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