Aynho for Deddington railway station

Not to be confused with the nearby Aynho Park railway station, a disused station on the Chiltern Main Line.
Aynho for Deddington
View of the station site in May 2009, with the original station building on the left. In the background a northbound train can be seen on the flyover of Aynho Junction
Location
Place Aynho
Area Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP498324
Operations
Original company Oxford & Rugby Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 September 1850 Station opens as Aynho
Unknown Station renamed Aynho for Deddington
2 November 1964 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Aynho for Deddington railway station was a railway station serving the village of Aynho in Northamptonshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Cherwell Valley Line.

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History

When the first section of the Oxford and Rugby Railway was opened as far as Banbury on 2 September 1850,[1][2] there were only three intermediate stations, the northernmost of which was Aynho.[1][3] The Oxford & Rugby Railway was absorbed by the Great Western Railway prior to opening.[2]

To the north of the station is Aynho Junction, the northern end of the Bicester "cut-off" line, which was brought into use in 1910.[4][5] This route passes close to Aynho station, and a nearby station named Aynho Park was provided on the Bicester "cut-off" route.[4][6]

The station passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board, to goods on 4 May 1964 and to passengers on 2 November 1964, along with three other stations between Leamington Spa and Didcot; by this time it had been renamed Aynho for Deddington.[7][8]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Fritwell & Somerton
Line open, station closed		   Great Western Railway
Oxford and Rugby Railway		   King's Sutton
Line and station open

The site today

Trains on the Cherwell Valley Line pass the site.

Notes

  1. ^ a b MacDermot 1927, p. 300.
  2. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 2003, Historical Background.
  3. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2003, fig. 91.
  4. ^ a b MacDermot 1931, pp. 448-449.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2003, fig. 96.
  6. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2002, fig. 82.
  7. ^ Railway Magazine, December 1964, p.920
  8. ^ Mitchell & Smith 2003, fig. 94.

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