Hanborough railway station

Hanborough
Location
Place Long Hanborough
Local authority West Oxfordshire
Grid reference SP433142
Operations
Station code HND
Managed by First Great Western
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *   66,997
2004/05 * 75,976
2005/06 * 70,562
2006/07 * 76,580
2007/08 * 83,976
2008/09 * 105,290
2009/10 * 104,050
History
Opened 4 June 1853 (4 June 1853)
History
Original company Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping GWR
1853 Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hanborough from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Hanborough railway station is a railway station serving the village of Long Hanborough in Oxfordshire, England. As a result of the Cotswold Line being singled the former up platform is the only one now in use for both up and down trains. It is served by First Great Western trains between Oxford and Worcester Shrub Hill.

There is a passenger-operated ticket machine (card payments only; not cash) at the entrance to the station platform.

Car parking at the station is available and as of May 2011 remained free of charge. However, the car park has only 50 spaces and on weekdays the number of passengers parking at Hanborough greatly exceeds the number of spaces available.[1]

The Oxford Bus Museum[2] is just east of the station, in the former goods yard.

History

The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway opened the station in 1853. Between 1854 and 1861 it served as a junction for Oxford-bound passengers changing from through trains between Worcester and London Euston, for which role a refreshment room was provided.

On 30 January 1965 it was the destination for the funeral train of Sir Winston Churchill hauled by Battle of Britain class locomotive No. 34051 Winston Churchill.[3][4][5]

In January 1966 the station was de-staffed, following which the standard O.W.& W.R. wooden station building and goods shed were demolished.[6][7]

In 1993 the station was renamed from Handborough (note the change in spelling).

In recent years passenger traffic at Hanborough has grown rapidly. In the three years 2006–09 the number of passengers using the station increased by 49%,[8] which has overwhemed the capacity of the station car park (see above). In August 2011 First Great Western and a house-building company jointly proposed a new development on a green field site next to the station that would provide a new homes and a new 100-space car park.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Crossley, William (10 August 2011). "Solution to parking problems?". Oxford Mail. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9185735.Solution_to_parking_problems_/. Retrieved 14 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Oxford Bus Museum". http://www.oxfordbusmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 2007-04-28. 
  3. ^ "Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral Train". Southern E-Group. http://www.semgonline.com/misc/win-church_1.html. Retrieved 2007-04-01. 
  4. ^ Bird, John H. (January 2005). "Operation Hope Not". Steam World (211): 16–22. 
  5. ^ Leigh, Chris (June 1996). "A State Occasion". Steam World (108): 50–1. 
  6. ^ Jenkins, S.C.; Quayle, H.I. (1977). The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. Oakwood Press. 
  7. ^ Leigh, Chris (1981). GWR Country Stations. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1108-7. 
  8. ^ Office of the Rail Regulator data: see infobox at head of article.

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Oxford   First Great Western
Cotswold Line		   Combe
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