Welford Park railway station
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Welford Park railway station was a railway station in Welford, Berkshire
, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.
in 1908, providing a second platform, a signal box
, and a passing loop
.
The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods, including coal
, watercress
, and timber
.
Passenger services ceased from 4 January 1960 and the station closed to all traffic on 19 July 1965.
A 3 miles (4.8 km) spur line ran from the station to RAF Welford
.
Welford, Berkshire
Welford is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, in the valley of the River Lambourn north-west of the town of Newbury. The parish is within West Berkshire unitary authority....
, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.
History
The station opened on 2 April 1898. It was rebuilt by the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
in 1908, providing a second platform, a signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
, and a passing loop
Passing loop
A passing loop is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams in opposing directions can pass each other. Trains/trams in the same direction can also overtake, providing that the signalling arrangement allows it...
.
The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods, including coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
, watercress
Watercress
Watercresses are fast-growing, aquatic or semi-aquatic, perennial plants native from Europe to central Asia, and one of the oldest known leaf vegetables consumed by human beings...
, and timber
Timber
Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
.
Passenger services ceased from 4 January 1960 and the station closed to all traffic on 19 July 1965.
A 3 miles (4.8 km) spur line ran from the station to RAF Welford
RAF Welford
RAF Welford is an active Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England. The airfield is located approximately northwest of Newbury; about west-southwest of London...
.