Aston Cantlow Halt railway station

Aston Cantlow
Location
Place	Aston Cantlow
Area	Stratford-on-Avon
Coordinates
Grid reference	SP143609
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
18 December 1922	Station opened
25 September 1939	Station closed
1941	Station re-opened
1 March 1951	Station finally close
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Aston Cantlow Halt railway station is a disused railway station half a mile north of the village of Aston Cantlow, Warwickshire, England. The platform was 200 feet long by 8 feet wide and composed of wooden railway sleepers. There was a corrugated iron waiting hut with a wooden bench inside. Although there was no goods yard or sidings the station was lit by lights tended by the station master from Great Alne.

History

The station, opened in 1922, was located on Great Western Railway's Bearley to Alcester line. Although the line itself was opened many years earlier in 1876 it wasn't until after the First World War that residents demands were met at Aston Cantlow. It stayed part of the GWR following the Grouping of 1923.

The station then closed under this management just before the Second World War due to wartime economy. It was reopened in 1941 but was rarely used and finally closed for good in 1951. After the track was taken up the station site became overgrown and, as of 2010, little or no evidence can be found of the station.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Bearley Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Alcester to Hatton Branch		Great Alne Line and station closed
Wilmcote Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Wilmcote to Alcester Line

External links

• Aston Cantlow Halt on navigable old O. S. map
• Aston Cantlow Station