Eynsham railway station

Eynsham
Eynsham Station in 1972 after closure.
Location
Place Eynsham
Area Oxfordshire
Grid reference SP430088
Operations
Original company Witney Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
13 November 1861 Opened
1944 Passing loop and second platform built
16 June 1962 Closed to passengers
26 April 1965 Closed to goods
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Eynsham railway station served the Oxfordshire village of Eynsham and the Eynsham Sugar Beet Factory on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Witney. Eynsham station was just south of the village. The Witney Railway opened it in 1861 with one platform. The Great Western Railway, which took over the Witney Railway in 1890, added a passing loop and second platform in 1944 to handle Second World War traffic. British Railways closed the station to passengers in 1962 and to goods in 1965.[1]

The station consisted of a wooden building: a standard Great Western Railway signal box built in 1892 and a stone goods shed. There was a level crossing at the Oxford end of the station.[2] A enthusiasts' special organised by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain in April 1970 called at the station.[3]

A section of the trackbed between Eynsham and the Siemens plant on Wharf Road has been converted into the B4449 road to Stanton Harcourt and Standlake.[3] Eynsham station site is now covered by buildings and an access road to an office building known as "Station Point".[3] The 1944 platform was dismantled in 1984 by the Great Western Society and is now at the Didcot Railway Centre.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Cassington Halt
Line and station closed		   Great Western Railway
Witney Railway
   South Leigh
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ The Witney & East Gloucestershire Railway: Closure
  2. ^ Jenkins, Stanley (1975). The Witney & East Gloucestershire Railway (Fairford Branch). Blandford: Oakwood Press. 
  3. ^ a b c d Stretton, John (2006). British Railways Past and Present: Oxfordshire; A Second Selection (No. 55). Kettering, Northants: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85895-203-1. 

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