Speen railway station

Speen
Station site in 2010.
Location
Place	Speen
Area	West Berkshire
Coordinates	51°24′42″N 1°20′41″W / 51.4116°N 1.3447°W / 51.4116; -1.3447Coordinates: 51°24′42″N 1°20′41″W / 51.4116°N 1.3447°W / 51.4116; -1.3447
Grid reference	SU456683
Operations
Original company	Lambourn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1^[1]
History
1898	Opened
1960	Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Speen railway station served the village of Speen, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.^[2]

History

The station opened on 4 April 1898 as Speen for Donnington. It was occasionally referred to by this name in official documentation until at least 1932.^[2]

Goods traffic

The station dealt with a high percentage of livestock and dairy traffic.

Closure

It closed on 4 January 1960.^[2]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Newbury West Fields Halt		Great Western Railway Lambourn Valley Railway		Stockcross and Bagnor Halt

References

↑ "Speen". The History of a Branch Line 1898 to 1973. The Lambourn Valley Railway. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
1 2 3 "Station Name: SPEEN". Disused Stations. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

Closed railway stations in Berkshire

Staines and West Drayton Railway	Colnbrook Estate Halt Colnbrook Poyle Estate Halt

Windsor branch	Chalvey Halt

Wycombe Railway	Maidenhead Boyne Hill

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Hermitage Pinewood Halt Hampstead Norris Compton

Lambourn Valley Railway	Newbury West Fields Halt Speen Stockcross and Bagnor Halt Boxford Welford Park Great Shefford East Garston Eastbury Halt Lambourn

North Downs Line	Reading Southern

Other stations	Reading Central Goods

Stations in Oxfordshire since 1974

Great Western Main Line	Moulsford Steventon Wantage Road Challow Uffington Shrivenham

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Churn Upton and Blewbury

Cherwell Valley Line	Abingdon Junction Abingdon Road Halt Hinksey Halt

Wycombe Railway	Iffley Halt

Short branches	Abingdon Faringdon Wallingford Wantage

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