Stanton | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Stanton Fitzwarren, Wiltshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.6137°N -1.7505°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Great Western Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 2 March 1953 |
Events1: | Closed to passengers |
Years2: | 1962 |
Events2: | Closed completely |
Stanton railway station served the village of Stanton Fitzwarren, in the historic county of Wiltshire, England, from 1883 to 1962 on the Highworth branch line.
The station was opened on 9 May 1883 by the Great Western Railway. It was known as Stanton Halt in the handbook of stations in 1949 and in Bradshaw in 1952. It closed on 2 March 1953.[1] The last train ran on 3 August 1962,[2] carrying employees of Swindon Works.[3]