Culham railway station

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Culham
Location
Place Culham
Local authority South Oxfordshire
Operations
Station code CUM
Managed by First Great Western
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 38,747
2005/06 * 36,715
History
Key dates Opened 1844
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Culham from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Culham railway station is a railway station serving the village of Culham in Oxfordshire. It is served by local train services provided by First Great Western.

The station is located just off the A415, between the villages of Culham and Clifton Hampden.

The station is close to the site of RNAS Culham (HMS Hornbill), a World War II airfield. The airfield now houses the Culham Science Centre, an 800,000 square metre scientific research site and home to two nuclear fusion experiments JET and MAST. The START Nuclear Fusion Experiment was also conducted on the site until MAST succeeded it in 1999. This important scientific centre means the station creates a valid commuter service.

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[edit] History

The station was opened as Abingdon Road with the Didcot-Oxford line by the Great Western Railway on 12 June 1844. Its name was changed by the GWR to Culham, on 2 June 1856, on the opening of the branch from Abingdon Junction railway station to Abingdon.

The original station building (not now in railway use) is in the Tudorbethan architecture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel[1] and is a Grade II listed building.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Appleford   Great Western Railway
Great Western Main Line		   Abingdon Junction

[edit] Routes

  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Appleford   First Great Western
Cherwell Valley Line		   Radley

[edit] References

  1. ^ Biddle, Gordon and Nock, O. S. (1983). The Railway Heritage of Britain. Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-2355-7. 

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