Whitebrook Halt railway station
Whitebrook Halt was a request stop on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was built in 1927 to serve the village of Whitebrook and opened in February that year. It was closed in 1959 when passenger services were withdrawn from the Wye Valley Railway. The station came too late to make full use out of the village's industry. Whitebrook had once been home to three paper mills. However, paper making ceased in Whitebrook in the early 1880s, only four years after the line opened in 1876. The halt was not built until long after the closure of the paper mills.[1]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| St Briavels | Wye Valley Railway British Railways |
Penallt Halt |
Whitebrook Halt | |
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| Location | Whitebrook, Monmouthshire Wales |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
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| February 1927 | Opened |
| January 1959 | Closed |
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References
- B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN 0-85361-530-6
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