Dorton Halt railway station

Dorton Halt
250px Station site in 2006.
Location
Place	Dorton
Area	District of Aylesbury Vale
Grid reference	SP681144
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
21 July 1937	Station opens
7 January 1963	Station closes
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Dorton Halt railway station was a railway station serving the village of Dorton in Buckinghamshire. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line. The station was geographically nearer to Brill than Brill and Ludgershall railway station.

History

Dorton Halt was opened on 21 July 1937, being situated between Brill & Ludgershall and Haddenham on the Great Western Railway's Bicester cut-off line, which had opened in 1910. It was built to serve the villages of Dorton, Wotton, Chilton and Ashendon, which lay in an agricultural district, and together had a population of 650. There were two platforms, each with a shelter; the station was electrically lit. The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed the station on 7 January 1963.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Brill and Ludgershall Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off"		Haddenham Line open, station closed

External links

• Station site today
• The station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Plan of line