Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station

Bromham and Rowde Halt was the railway station serving Bromham and Rowde in Wiltshire, England between 1909 and 1966. The station was a stop on the Devizes Branch Line, between Seend and Devizes.

Bromham and Rowde Halt
Disused embankment near the A361, about 1.5 miles east of the site of the station, in 1973
General information
LocationSells Green, Wiltshire
England
Coordinates51.3572°N 2.0659°W / 51.3572; -2.0659
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
22 February 1909 (1909-02-22)Opened
18 April 1966 (1966-04-18)Closed
Location

The single-platform halt was at Sells Green in the north-east of Seend parish, close to the Devizes–Melksham road.[1] It handled vegetables grown in the Bromham area, as well as milk.

After the completion of the Devizes line in 1858, the junction at Holt allowed the fastest route from London to the West Country. However, the Devizes line lost to competition and returned to a branch line in 1900.

Closure

Bromham and Rowde suffered from reduced traffic after the completion of the Patney and Chirton-Westbury line, that by-passed the Devizes Branch Line to shorten the London to Bristol journey by five miles. As a result, Bromham and Rowde later lost its stationmaster in 1952.

The line and the halt were closed in 1966 under the Beeching cuts and the station was demolished in 1970.

References
  1. "Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map, sheet ST96". National Library of Scotland. 1961. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Devizes
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Devizes Branch Line		   Seend
Line and station closed
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