Blenheim and Woodstock railway station

Blenheim & Woodstock was a railway station constructed in the neoclassical style which served the town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace in the English county of Oxfordshire. The station, as well as the line, was constructed by the Duke of Marlborough^[1] and was privately run until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway. The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day.^[2] The station closed in February 1957 with the last train adorned with a wreath.

The station building still exists and was initially converted into a garage and petrol station. Although the forecourt still exists the site is no longer used as a petrol station, but for used car sales. There has been some talk of the building being demolished for building on the site^[3] but after a few years this has not yet materialised despite plans being submitted.^[4]

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• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Station and Line on navigable 1947 O.S. map
• Photograph of Station today