Bromham and Rowde Halt railway station

51°21′26″N 2°03′57″W / 51.3572°N 2.0659°W / 51.3572; -2.0659Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayPost-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates22 February 1909 (1909-02-22)Opened18 April 1966 (1966-04-18)Closed

Location

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.

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

• Crittall, Elizabeth, ed. (1959). "Railways". A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 4. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 280–293. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via British History Online.
• Oakley, Mike (2004). Wiltshire Railway Stations. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press. pp. 24–25. ISBN 1-904349-33-1.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Devizes Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Devizes Branch Line		Seend Line and station closed