Highworth railway station

Highworth
Highworth
	The site of the station in 2018
General information
Location	Highworth, Wiltshire; England
Coordinates	51°37′51″N 1°43′04″W / 51.6309°N 1.7178°W
Grid reference	SU196924
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway; British Railways (Western Region)
Key dates
9 May 1883	Opened
2 March 1953	Closed to passengers
2 August 1962	Closed completely
Location
Location

Highworth railway station served the town of Highworth, Wiltshire, England, from 1883 to 1962 on the Highworth branch line.

The station was opened on 9 May 1883 by Great Western Railway. It closed to public passengers on 2 March 1953 but it remained open for employees at Swindon Works until 2 August 1962.^[1]^[2]

Two tracks, with a platform and a small station building atop it. — Highworth Station in 1950

References

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 227. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Highworth railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Great Western Railway Highworth branch line		Hannington Line and station closed

[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 227. OCLC 931112387.

[HighworthStationInfo-2] "Highworth railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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