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Speen for Donnington - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3550 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 21, 2012. .

A dedicated history of one of the vanished Great Western Railway stations that closed in the 1960s. Speen for Donnington Station once had its own full time staff and a thriving traffic of passengers and agricultural produce. Now the station is gone. This is the story of the station and the communities it served.
Boxford Station - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3400 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 21, 2012. .

A dedicated history of a once busy rural station on a branch line of the Great Western Railway. Boxford was for many years a bustling little rural station on the branch line from Newbury to Lambourn. It is closed now, but some of the older residents can still remember the trains rattling through the station.
Eastbury Halt - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 2390 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 24, 2012. .

A beguiling history of one of the long vanished stations on the Great Western Railway. Eastbury Halt was never one of the busiest stations on the GWR, and now is no more. There were often more milk churns on the platform than passengers, but the station still had a special place in this tiny village and occupied one of the most scenic sites of any railway station.
East Garston - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 2950 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 25, 2012. .

An enjoyable history of one of the long vanished branch line stations on the Great Western Railway. East Garston is no more. The site remains, but there is little to show where this once bustling village railway station and its level crossing once stood. East Garston handled a wide variety of agricultural freight, as well as passengers and parcels.
Great Shefford - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3080 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 25, 2012. .

An engaging history of one of the lost branch line stations on the Great Western Railway. Great Shefford Station is no more. Although it was once a bustling village station with a thriving trade in timber felled in nearby woods, there is little left on the ground to show where this railway station once stood.
Welford Park - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 2970 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 25, 2012. .

A well researched history of one of closed branch line stations on the Great Western Railway. Welford Park Station is no more. This was once the busiest of all the stations on the Lambourn Valley Line serving as it did the huge RAF base nearby as well as the village of Welford. But
Lambourn Valley Railway - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $3.99 USD. 22870 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 26, 2012. .

A charming history of one of the long closed rural branch lines on the Great Western Railway. The Lambourn Valley was one of the most quintessentially English branch lines in the days of steam.