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[[File:Northwood Halt - geograph.org.uk - 741287.jpg|thumb|200px300px|right| Northwood Halt viewed from the level crossing]] [[File:Northwood-1961-07-29.jpg|thumb|200px|right| A DMU calls at Northwood Halt in July 1961 ([[Sellick Collection]])]]
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Northwood Halt is a request stop located between [[Bewdley]] and [[Arley]], immediately adjacent to [[Level crossing at Hill Farm, Northwood Lane | the level crossing at Hill Farm, Northwood Lane]].
The halt was originally opened by the GWR in 1935, and closed with the withdrawal of passenger services north of Bewdley in 1963. It Halt reopened with the SVR extension to Bewdley in 1974. In 2006 the halt's wooden shelter was replaced with an award-winning GWR-style corrugated iron 'pagoda' shelter. This was constructed by the "[[Friends of Kidderminster Town Station]]" and transported to Northwood by rail. Northwood Halt did not have a 'pagoda' in GWR days, although [[Foley Park Halt]] did.
The platform is on the East side of the railway with a small pagoda shelter and a view across the River Severn to the Wyre Forest. Access to the platform is via a short footpath from the adjacent level crossing. The level crossing is protected by warning lights triggered by approaching trains. There is no car parking nearby.
*1935: Northwood Halt was opened by the GWR in June 1935. A simple wooden hut was provided as a shelter. There was no passing loop or signalling.
*1963: The Halt remained in use until closure of that section of the line to passengers in September 1963.
<gallery>File:Northwood-1961-07-29.jpg | A DMU calls at Northwood Halt in July 1961 ([[Sellick Collection]])</gallery>
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