Stations that were open for the shortest time?

[steamybrian]

Under the temporary stations category you could include RAF Finingley Station on the Joint line, a few miles south east of Doncaster.

A scaffolding and wood construction was built by BR to cater for the Battle of Britain Air Shows each September. As far as I recall it was removed after the Air Show and re-built the following year. It was a good ten to fifteen minutes walk down the lane to the Base. A DMU shuttle operated from Doncaster (platform 2, never used for any regular services) and was very popular. It certainly operated in the 1970s, 80s, but I can't find any references to it online. The Air Show ended in the early 90s I think with the end of the Cold War. Bus services would not have been able to cope as, even 40 years ago, road congestion was massive!

Under temporary stations you can include the many built by BR for depot open days to permit passenger shuttle services to and from the nearest main station.
In the past I used such temporary stations erected at..
Old Oak Common - for shuttle from Paddington
Chart Leacon- for shuttle from Ashford
Coalville- for shuttles from Leicester and Derby

 

[RichmondCommu]

Quite correct - but it may actually be reopened next year during the Derby station remodelling.

I'll be astonished if it does as I would have thought that the trains from Crewe would terminate at Tutbury. Not only that but I dread to think what kind of state the track is in.

 

[Pinza-C55]

There used to be a station a couple of miles south of Seaham called Hawthorn Towers Halt which I think was only open a couple of years about 1937-39 or so.
A piece of concrete platform remained a few years ago but I don't know whether it is still there.

 

[DarloRich]

The station built at Upperby over Easter 1994 when the bridge just south of Carlisle station was replaced. I used this station to allow me to watch Darlo get beaten 2-0 by Carlisle on 2nd April 1994.

At Easter 1994 the bridge south of Carlisle station was replaced. To cope with this a temporary station was built at Upperby on the Carlisle Goods Lines. This served the lines to Newcastle and Settle via London Road Jn and to Whitehaven via Bog Jn. A few services also ran to Penrith via Upperby Bridge Jn. Although most WCML services terminated at Penrith a few services ran through, as seen here with views taken from the 0724 Aberdeen - Plymouth. This was diverted from Edinburgh via Newcastle.

The lower picture also shows a Whitehaven service at the far platform for Bog Jn. This did however have to depart southwards a short distance and cross over to the correct line.

http://www.gensheet.co.uk/photopage1.htm

 

[Scouseinmanc]

Dee Street Halt in Banchory (off the top of my head) - 6/2/61 - 28/02/66

 

[bramling]

There used to be a station a couple of miles south of Seaham called Hawthorn Towers Halt which I think was only open a couple of years about 1937-39 or so.
A piece of concrete platform remained a few years ago but I don't know whether it is still there.

Are you able to post the exact location of this?

 

[Pinza-C55]

Are you able to post the exact location of this?

Latitude 54°48'24.20"N

Longitude 1°18'57.15"W

At the north end of Hawthorn Dene viaduct , 2.56 miles as the crow flies south of Seaham station. It was used to allow Boy Scouts to visit the beach there and the concrete end ramp survived, as I said, till at least a few years ago. The stately home which gave its name has long gone. I've never seen any photos of it.
This page http://heritagecoast.wp-sites.durham.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/01/hawthorn-web.pdf refers to it as the Pemberton family private station but I think they are wrong.
Edit* Looking again it was 166 yards north of the viaduct, next to the foot crossing.

 

[bolli]

Chepstow East, 19 September 1851 - 19 July 1852.

 

[Taunton]

The original Canary Wharf station on the DLR was built ready for opening of the line, but just before that happened the whole Canary Wharf redevelopment got agreed, and the station started to be dismantled again just before services commenced.

However, trains still stopped there, high up on a viaduct, because there was not time to modify the automatic driving system. Doors were not released, and the platform exits which now had no stairs down were heavily fenced, just in case.

Looking at more permanent structures, Billingham station on Teesside was rebuilt on a new location at the end of 1966, with a substantial station building with all the traditional provision for left luggage, porters rooms, etc. Just two years later the line went to Paytrains and it became an unstaffed halt, and the new building became just what you might imagine, boarded up, graffitied, and all glass broken.

 

[clc]

Portpatrick Harbour opened September 1868, stopped taking passengers in November the same year and closed completely in 1870.

 

[bramling]

Latitude 54°48'24.20"N

Longitude 1°18'57.15"W

At the north end of Hawthorn Dene viaduct , 2.56 miles as the crow flies south of Seaham station. It was used to allow Boy Scouts to visit the beach there and the concrete end ramp survived, as I said, till at least a few years ago. The stately home which gave its name has long gone. I've never seen any photos of it.
This page http://heritagecoast.wp-sites.durham.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/01/hawthorn-web.pdf refers to it as the Pemberton family private station but I think they are wrong.
Edit* Looking again it was 166 yards north of the viaduct, next to the foot crossing.

Wonderful, many thanks. I explored all the disused stations on this line last year and completely missed this one, along with Seaham Hall. Will swing by when back on holiday to the area next year. Looking at Old Maps it seems the platforms are actually shown, although not labelled as a station. Thanks again!

 

[61653 HTAFC]

How long was Leeds Whitehall open for during the 2000 remodelling of Leeds?

I'm not sure it counts, as in effect it was part of Leeds City station itself, though a shuttle bus was operated to link with the main station.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Special trains ran from Bangor to a temporary station at Amlwch on the Spring and August bank holidays of 1992, and the 125th anniversary of the line's opening (a total of eight return trips, one of which I was on). Pathfinder Tours subsequently ran an excursion from York to Llandudno and Amlwch in October 1993 but I do not know whether the station was still in situ.

A similar temporary platform opened at Maentwrog Road on 21st May 1989 for use by tourist trains and closed on 10th September 1989.

 

[hwl]

A temporary London Bridge several hundred metres to the east from October to December 1836 when the delayed permanent Terminus was finished and opened.

 

[randyrippley]

must be a lot of early stations which were rapidly overtaken by expansion / development
e.g. Yeovil's first station at Hendford (not Hendford Halt)
closed 2 February 1857, having been open for 3 years, 4 months and 1 day

Must be many early ones that were even shorter lived. A lot of lines had temporary terminii / interchange stations where passengers switched to horse-drawn transport to fill in the unfinished gaps in the line