Acrow Halt railway station

Acrow Halt was a railway station on the Saffron Walden Railway. Located near Saffron Walden, Essex, the station was close to the Coronation Works of Acrow Engineering Ltd., which it served between 1957 and 1964. The station was approximately 44 miles 27 chains (71.35 km) from London Liverpool Street station.[1]

Acrow Halt
LocationSaffron Walden, Uttlesford
England
Coordinates52.0269°N 0.2641°E / 52.0269; 0.2641
Grid referenceTL554389
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEastern Region of British Railways
Post-groupingEastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
25 March 1957Station opens
7 September 1964Station closes

History

Opened by the Eastern Region of British Railways on 25 March 1957,[2] it was then closed by the British Railways Board on 7 September 1964,[2] after a short existence of seven years.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ashdon Halt   Eastern Region of British Railways
Saffron Walden Railway
  Saffron Walden

Notes

Sources

  • "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.


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