Brill and Ludgershall railway station
Brill & Ludgershall | |
|---|---|
,_Buckinghamshire_(geograph_4041900).jpg) The site of the station in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire England |
| Grid reference | SP659168 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1910 | Station opens |
| 7 January 1963 | Station closes |
Brill and Ludgershall railway station was a railway station serving the villages of Brill and Ludgershall in Buckinghamshire. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.
History
[edit]Brill and Ludgershall was one of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Princes Risborough and Kings Sutton in 1910. The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It had sidings by 1951 [1] British Railways closed the station and sidings in 1963.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackthorn Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Dorton Halt Line open, station closed | ||
References
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.