| Appleford | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Appleford-on-Thames |
| Local authority | Vale of White Horse |
| Grid reference | SU525936 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | APF |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 10,622 |
| 2005/06 * | 11,134 |
| 2006/07 * | 10,429 |
| 2007/08 * | 8,138 |
| 2008/09 * | 10,772 |
| 2009/10 * | 9,086 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| 12 June 1844 | Station opens with the line |
| February 1849 | Station closes |
| September 11, 1933 | Station reopens as Appleford Halt |
| May 5, 1969 | Renamed Appleford |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Appleford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Appleford railway station serves the village of Appleford-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is operated by First Great Western and is 8.25 miles (13 km) south of Oxford on the Cherwell Valley Line.
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The station entrance is awkwardly positioned on a humpback bridge and passengers must descend steep steps to the platforms.
Platform 1 is used for Northbound First Great Western services towards Oxford and Platform 2 is used for those towards London Paddington station.
It was opened originally with the line from Didcot to Oxford. The opening was 12 June 1844, having being planned and partly built by the Oxford Railway, which was absorbed into the Great Western Railway before the opening of the line. It was however closed after just a few years in February 1849.
It was reopened as Appleford Halt by the Great Western Railway on 11 September 1933 in a bid to compete with the growing competition from the buses.
The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Losing its "Halt" suffix and status on 5 May 1969, the station was served by Network South East when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s.
Unusually, until recently it retained the original wooden platforms and corrugated iron pagoda-roofed waiting shelters. These have been replaced by "bus shelter"-like waiting shelters. It has never been staffed; originally passengers could purchase tickets at the village Post office, however since this has closed down, and ticketing facilities aren't present, passengers need to purchase tickets from the on-train conductor.
Appleford station is served by stopping services run by First Great Western between Reading and Oxford. In total there are 16 services each way with a two-hourly interval between trains (though during peak-times the number of trains rises significantly). Most of these services start or continue as semi-fast services between Reading and London Paddington.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Culham | First Great Western Cherwell Valley Line |
Didcot Parkway | ||
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