Place Iron Acton Grid reference ST675833 2 September 1872 (1872-09-02) Station opened Platforms in use 1 | Area South Gloucestershire Pre-grouping Midland Railway Original company Midland Railway | |
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Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway Similar Mickleton Halt railway st, Downfield Crossing Halt railw, Ebley Crossing Halt railw, Charlton Kings railway st, Gretton Halt railway st | ||
Iron Acton station opened on 2 September 1872, with the start of services on the Midland Railway branch from Yate to Thornbury. The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.
It closed to passenger services on 19 June 1944.
The station served Iron Acton village and was sited to the south west of it. It consisted of a single platform face and a large wooden station building. A freight-only branch serving an iron mine in Frampton Cotterell connected at the station. This closed in 1872 and a truncated section of this route served as a coal depot until closure on 10 June 1963.
The station was demolished in the 1960s. The part-remains of the platform survive, as does a crossing-keeper's cottage to the south of the station site. In mid 2013, the line beyond Yate Middle Jn was placed 'Out of Use', due to the mothballing of the quarry at Tytherington.