Yeoveney Halt railway station
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Yeoveney Halt was a railway station of a minimalist nature on the Staines & West Drayton Railway (which became part of the Great Western Railway
in 1900). It was opened in June 1887 as Runnymede Range Halt on a restricted basis (as a private station for a nearby rifle range), gaining a regular public service from 1 March 1892. It was renamed Runymede Halt on 9 July 1934, and again renamed Yeoveney Halt in 4 November 1935, to deter tourists who came seeking the place where Magna Carta
was signed (which was some miles away by road). It closed on 14 May 1962, before the 1965 closure of the branch.
It comprised a short timber platform on the west side of the single track with no shelter. Bradshaw stated that passengers wishing to join the train had to give the driver the necessary (but unspecified) hand signal. Those wishing to alight were to inform the guard at the previous station.
Contrary to the general belief that the site of the station lies beneath the M25 Motorway it can be identified by the remaining scattered concrete platform support pillars in the location shown on old Ordnance Survey maps.
Pictures of the station are to be found in
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
in 1900). It was opened in June 1887 as Runnymede Range Halt on a restricted basis (as a private station for a nearby rifle range), gaining a regular public service from 1 March 1892. It was renamed Runymede Halt on 9 July 1934, and again renamed Yeoveney Halt in 4 November 1935, to deter tourists who came seeking the place where Magna Carta
Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions, which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date. The charter first passed into law in 1225...
was signed (which was some miles away by road). It closed on 14 May 1962, before the 1965 closure of the branch.
It comprised a short timber platform on the west side of the single track with no shelter. Bradshaw stated that passengers wishing to join the train had to give the driver the necessary (but unspecified) hand signal. Those wishing to alight were to inform the guard at the previous station.
Contrary to the general belief that the site of the station lies beneath the M25 Motorway it can be identified by the remaining scattered concrete platform support pillars in the location shown on old Ordnance Survey maps.
Pictures of the station are to be found in
- GWR Country Stations 2: C.Leigh 1984 Ian Allan ISBN 0 7110 1438 8
- London's Local Railways: A.A.Jackson 2nd Ed 1999 Capital Transport Publishing ISBN 978-1-854142-09-2
- Branch Lines of West London: V. Mitchell & K. Smith 2000 Middleton Press ISBN 978-1-901706-50-5