Wheatley railway station

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Wheatley
Location
Place Wheatley
Area South Oxfordshire
Grid reference SP595055
Operations
Original company Wycombe Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
1864 Station opened
1963 Station closed
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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Wheatley railway station was on the Wycombe Railway and served the village of Wheatley in Oxfordshire.

It was opened in 1864 as part of an extension from Thame to Oxford. The railway crossed the steep road of Ladder Hill by a bridge. The station was on the east side of Ladder Hill.

In 1963 British Railways withdrew passenger services between Princes Risborough and Oxford, closed all intermediate stations including Wheatley, and dismantled the track between Thame and Morris Cowley.

Kelham Hall Drive and Kimber Close have been built on the site of Wheatley station. One of the pub's bars is decorated with many items of railway memorabilia, some of which relate to the former railway through Wheatley station.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Horspath Halt
Line closed, station closed
  Western Region of British Railways
Wycombe Railway
  Tiddington
Line closed, station closed

References

Coordinates: 51°44′44″N 1°08′21″W / 51.7455°N 1.1393°W / 51.7455; -1.1393


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