Paulton Halt railway station
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Paulton Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Paulton, Somerset England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°19′02″N 2°29′52″W / 51.3171°N 2.4978°W | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1914 | Opened | ||||
| 1915 | Closed | ||||
| 1923 | Reopened | ||||
| 1925 | Closed | ||||
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Paulton Halt railway station was on the Camerton branch of the Great Western Railway in Somerset, England. It was in use from 1914 until 1925, however it was closed for 8½ of these 12 years due to World War I.
The Bristol and North Somerset Railway (B&NSR) opened a branch line from Hallatrow to Camerton on 1 March 1882, although it had been funded by the Great Western Railway (GWR) which worked the trains on the line from the outset and purchased the B&NSR Company in 1884.[1] The line was extended from Camerton to Limpley Stoke in 1910 where it made a connection with the GWR's Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Line.[2]
There was no station between Hallatrow and Camerton until Radford and Timsbury Halt was opened at the same time as the line was opened through to Limpley Stoke,[2] and on 5 January 1914 Paulton Halt itself was opened.[3] The term 'halt' was used by the GWR to denote railway stations without staff or goods facilities.
Passenger services had only been calling for a little over a year when, on 22 March 1915, they were withdrawn from the line due to the war. They were eventually restored on 9 July 1923, four and a half years after hostilities had ceased. They did not last long as they were withdrawn again on 21 September 1925, never to be resumed.[4] Freight trains continued to operate through the station until 8 February 1932 and the track was lifted shortly afterwards.[5]