Watlington railway station, Oxfordshire

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Not to be confused with Watlington (Norfolk) railway station.

Watlington railway station in Oxfordshire was the terminus of the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway and opened in 1872. The original plan envisaged a continuation to Cholsey on the Great Western Railway but due to financial difficulties this was never to be. This left a branch from Cholsey to Wallingford, with a gap between there and Watlington. The station was also not in Watlington itself, but in Pyrton about a mile from centre of Watlington.

The branch was closed to passengers in 1957 and to goods in 1961.

The line was always single track. The station facilities included a stone-built passenger building, a goods shed, and locomotive and carriage sheds. Remains of the buildings exist, heavily overgrown, on private land.

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Other stations on the line include:

[edit] References

  • Karau, Paul and Turner, Chris (1998) Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 1: The story of the line from 1872-1961, Didcot : Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-43-7
  • Karau, Paul and Turner, Chris (1998) Country Branch Line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol. 2: The stations, Didcot : Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-46-1

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