Directory of British Railways

New and Reopened Stations 1948–2018

Paul Smith, Sally Salmon

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Transport
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781526704306
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526704320
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Transportation & Navigation
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Your comprehensive and indispensable guide to operational British Railway stations—including facilities available—from A to Z.
 
Following nationalization in 1948, British Railways closed many branch lines and reduced the number of stations on the network. In January 1978, there were 2,358 and by January 2018 there were 2,560 stations on the network. The object of this book is to record those stations that are re-opened or are new stations to the system. The book gives: locations, facilities, chronology, statistics and passenger usage.
 
"This useful reference work describes all the 200 or so stations opened or re-opened over the last 70 years, with a recent photograph of each and listed alphabetically. Print quality is excellent." —West Somerset Railway Association
 
"Authors Paul Smith and his stepdaughter Sally Salmon . . . have travelled widely to compile their Directory of British Railways and hunt down reopened stations, brand new stations, old stations which have been revived or reopened on adjacent sites, replacements, and private or non-timetabled stations which have become public stations." — Express & Star

STATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, APPROVED OR PROPOSED AS AT 1 JANUARY 2018

ADDENBROOKE’S – Proposed for completion by 2011

BALSALL HEATH (BIRMINGHAM) – Proposal for reopening

BARKING RIVERSIDE – Approved for opening in 2021

BIRMINGHAM CURZON STREET – An HS2 station opening in 2026

BIRMINGHAM INTERCHANGE – An HS2 station opening in 2026

BOND STREET – A Crossrail I station opening in 2018/19

BOW STREET (WALES) – Approved in July 2017

BRIERLEY HILL (WEST MIDLANDS) – Proposal for reopening

CANARY WHARF – A Crossrail I station opening in 2018/19

CHERRY HINTON – Proposal for reopening

CUSTOM HOUSE – A Crossrail I station opening in 2018/19

DALCROSS – Under construction with projected opening date in 2019

DARLASTON (WEST MIDLANDS) – Proposal for reopening

EAST LINTON – Proposal for reopening in 2021

EDGINSWELL – Construction commencing in summer 2018 for opening in Spring 2019

ELLAND (WEST YORKSHIRE) – Proposed

FULBOURN – Proposal for reopening

HAZELWELL (BIRMINGHAM) – Proposal for reopening

HEADBOLT LANE (KNOWSLEY) – Proposed

HORDEN PETERLOO – Proposed opening in March 2020

HYTHE ROAD (LONDON) – Proposed

KENILWORTH – Reopened 30 April 2018

KINGS HEATH (BIRMINGHAM) – Proposal for reopening

KINTORE – Under construction, projected reopening in 2019

LEEDS BRADFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PARKWAY (WEST YORKSHIRE) – Proposed

MAGHULL NORTH – Opened 18 June 2018

MARSH BARTON – Construction currently stalled due to lack of finance

MERIDIAN WATER – Under construction with projected opening date in 2019

MOSELEY (BIRMINGHAM) – Proposal for reopening

OLD OAK COMMON – An HS2 station opening in 2026

OLD OAK COMMON LANE – Proposed

PORTWAY PARKWAY – Approved in July 2017

READING GREEN PARK – Approved in July 2017

RESTON – Proposal for reopening in 2021

ROBROYSTON – Proposal for reopening in March 2019

RUGBY PARKWAY – Approved. Due to open in December 2019

SKELMERSDALE – Proposed SOHAM – Proposal for reopening in 2022

STEEPLE CLAYDON – Proposed

THORPE PARK (WEST YORKSHIRE) – Proposed

TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD – A Crossrail I station opening in 2018/19

WARRINGTON WEST – Approved in July 2017

WATERLOO INTERNATIONAL – Due to reopen as part of Waterloo Station during 2018

WHITE ROSE (WEST YORKSHIRE) – Proposed

WILLENHALL (WEST MIDLANDS) – Proposal for reopening

WINSLOW – Proposal for opening on new site. Projected opening date in 2019

WOOLWICH – A Crossrail I station opening in 2018/19

WORCESTERSHIRE PARKWAY REGIONAL INTERCHANGE – Under construction, projected opening in Winter 2018

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BEVAN, Alan A-Z of Rail Re-Openings. Railway Development Society (March 1988)

BUTT R.V.J. The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.

CLINKER C.R. Clinker’s Register of Closed Passenger Stations & Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1980. Avon Anglia Publications. Second Edition. (1988)

QUICK M. Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: A Chronology. Railway & Canal Historical Society (2009)

SMITH P. & TURNER K. Railway Atlas, Then & Now. Ian Allan Publishing. Second Edition. (2015)

WIGNALL C.J. Complete British Railways Maps & Gazetteer 1825-1985. Oxford Publishing Company.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

With grateful thanks to Dermot Buckley (Royal Marines) and staff at the SSI Plant, Redcar, for organising access to Lympstone Commando and Redcar British Steel stations respectively. To John Ledward for transporting us around southern England to photograph some of the stations and to Nick Pigott, Peter Waller and members of the Engine Shed Society, for their assistance in compiling and dating some of the temporary stations.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• British Railways New and Reopened Stations 1948–2018
• Staff Halts & Temporary Stations
• Stations under construction, approved or proposed as at 1 January 2018
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements