Little Stretton Halt railway station

Little Stretton
Location
Place	Little Stretton
Area	Shropshire
Coordinates
Grid reference	SO446919
Operations
Original company	Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint Railway
Platforms	2
History
18 April 1935	Station opened
4 January 1943	Station closed
6 May 1946	Station reopened
9 June 1958	Station closed
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Little Stretton Halt was a minor railway station on the Welsh Marches Line between Craven Arms and Church Stretton in Shropshire, England.

History

Opened by the independent Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway in 1852–53, the line through Little Stretton became the joint property of the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1870; the LNWR interest passed to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Little Stretton Halt was opened on that line on 18 April 1935; it closed temporarily between 4 January 1943 and 6 May 1946. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was closed by the British Transport Commission on 9 June 1958.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Marshbrook Line open, station closed		Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway		Church Stretton Line and station open

The site today

Trains continue to run on the Welsh Marches Line. Nothing remains of the halt. The nearest station to Little Stretton is now at Church Stretton, a mile to the north.

See also

• All Stretton Halt railway station

References

• Little Stretton Halt on navigable 1954 O.S. map