Stanton railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Standon Fitzwarren, Swindon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use British English|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox station | name = Stanton | status = Disused | image = Stanton railway station (site), Wiltshire (geograph 5722963).jpg | caption = The site of the station in 2018 | borough = [[Stanton Fitzwarren]], [[Wiltshire]] | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.6137|-1.7505|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}} | grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]] | grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SU173905|25|SU173905}} | platforms = 1 | original = [[Great Western Railway]] | pregroup = Great Western Railway | postgroup = Great Western Railway | years = {{Start date|1883|05|09|df=yes}} | events = Opened | years1 = 2 March 1953 | events1 = Closed to passengers | years2 = 1962 | events2 = Closed completely }} '''Stanton railway station''' served the village of [[Stanton Fitzwarren]], in the historic county of [[Wiltshire]], England, from 1883 to 1962 on the [[Highworth branch line]].

==History== The station was opened on 9 May 1883 by the [[Great Western Railway]]. It was known as Stanton Halt in the handbook of stations in 1949 and in Bradshaw in 1952. It closed on 2 March 1953.<ref name=Butt>{{cite book|last=Butt|first=R.V.J.|title=The Directory of Railway Stations|year=1995|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd|location=Yeovil|isbn=1-85260-508-1|id=R508|page=219}}</ref> The last train ran on 3 August 1962,<ref name=StantonStationInfo>{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5722963|title=Stanton railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson :: Geograph Britain and Ireland|work=Geograph|access-date=11 November 2022}}</ref> carrying employees of [[Swindon Works]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=402|oclc=931112387}}</ref>

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{{Disused Rail Start}} {{rail line|previous={{rws|Hannington}}<br>{{small|Line and station closed}}|next={{rws|Stratton}}<br>{{small|Line and station closed}}|route=[[Great Western Railway]]<br>{{small|[[Highworth branch line]]}}|col={{GWR colour}} }} {{s-end}}

[[Category:Former railway stations in Wiltshire]] [[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1883]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953]] [[Category:1883 establishments in England]] [[Category:1962 disestablishments in England]]