New Hadley Halt
General information
LocationKetley, Shropshire
England
Coordinates52°42′00″N 2°28′24″W / 52.7000°N 2.4734°W / 52.7000; -2.4734
Grid referenceSJ680115
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
3 November 1934Opened[1]
13 May 1985Closed[1]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Station Name: New Hadley Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. "New Hadley: provision of halt". 11 June 1934 via National Archive of the UK.
  3. "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

  • 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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