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Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station

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Place
  
Sells Green

Pre-grouping
  
1858 (1858)
  
Opened

Original company
  
Area
  
Post-grouping
  
Great Western Railway

18 April 1966 (1966-04-18)
  
Closed

Platforms in use
  
2

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Bromham and Rowde Halt was the railway station serving Bromham and Rowde in Wiltshire, England. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Seend and Devizes

After the completion of the Devizes line, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country. However the Devizes line lost to competition and returned to a branch line in 1900.

Closure

Bromham and Rowde suffered from reduced traffic after the completion of the Patney and Chirton-Westbury line, that by-passed the Devizes Branch Line to reduce the London to Bristol journey time by 5 miles. As a result, Bromham and Rowde later lost its stationmaster in 1952.

Bromham and Rowde station and the entire Devizes Branch Line were closed under the Beeching cuts and the station was demolished in 1970.

References

Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station Wikipedia


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