No 2 Range Halt railway station

No 2 Range Halt railway station is a former railway station, on the Longmoor Military Railway, serving No 2 range, it was sometimes known as Two Range Halt implying there were two ranges but the halt was only close to No 2 range.^[1][2]

The station probably opened in 1932, it is mentioned in the winter timetable as a request stop but is not mentioned in the summer 1932 timetable.^[3]

The station had no platforms or other facilities except for a block post, the Army's name for a signal box.^[2]

The station was closed along with the rest of the line on 31 October 1969.^[4]

References

Citations

1. Ronald & Carter 1974, p. 109.
2. Farmer 1966.
3. Ronald & Carter 1974, pp. 222–223.
4. Quick 2022, p. 565.

Bibliography

• Farmer, Keith (March 1966). "Longmoor Military Railway". Industrial Railway Record: 199–205.
• Ronald, D.W.; Carter, R.J. (1974). The Longmoor Military Railway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6357-3.
• Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1987). Branch Lines to Longmoor. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-41-3.