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    Newbury West Fields Halt: Stations of the Great Western Railway
    Newbury West Fields Halt: Stations of the Great Western Railway
    Newbury West Fields Halt: Stations of the Great Western Railway
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    Newbury West Fields Halt: Stations of the Great Western Railway

    By Charles Darvelle

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    A dedicated history of one of the more neglected stations on the Great Western Railway.

    Newbury West Fields Halt is no more. There is little left on the ground to show where this railway station once stood. It stood just west of the Berkshire town of Newbury and served commuters from the housing estates in the area. Some of the older residents can still remember the trains rattling through the station and over the bridge crossing the River Kennet.

    In this book we learn when Newbury West Fields was built and why. The impact the station had on the surrounding area is explained and the type of freight and passengers that used the station are explained.

    The book also takes a look at the building of the Lambourn Valley Railway (LVR) on which line this station stood.

    In 1905 the LVR was taken over by the GWR and the entire branch line was upgraded and brought to GWR standards. The line remained open until 1964, but is now closed, the tracks lifted and the stations gone. How this station was affected is described.

    This book is one of the Lambourn Valley Railway series that looks in detail at the stations along that now closed branch line. The Lambourn Valley Railway series is part of the Stations of the Great Western Railway collection published by Bretwalda Books

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBretwalda Books
    Release dateMar 20, 2012
    ISBN9781907791789
    Newbury West Fields Halt: Stations of the Great Western Railway

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      Newbury West Fields Halt - Charles Darvelle

      Stations of the GWR

      The Lambourn Valley Line

      1 - West Fields Halt

      by

      Charles D'Arvelle

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      Published by Bretwalda Books at Smashwords

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      First Published 2012

      Copyright © Bretwalda Books 2012

      ISBN 978-1-907791-78-9

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      Contents

      Chapter 1 Before the Railway

      Chapter 2 The Railway Arrives

      Chapter 3 Newbury West Fields Halt

      Chapter 4 The Railway Departs

      Chapter 5 The Station Today

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      Chapter 1

      Before the Railway

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