Appleford railway station
Appleford  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Appleford-on-Thames |
| Local authority | Vale of White Horse |
| Grid reference | SU525936 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | APF |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 |
 7,157 |
| 2004/05 |
 10,622 |
| 2005/06 |
11,134 |
| 2006/07 |
10,429 |
| 2007/08 |
8,138 |
| 2008/09 |
10,772 |
| 2009/10 |
9,086 |
| 2010/11 |
8,890 |
| 2011/12 |
7,880 |
| 2012/13 |
9,368 |
| 2013/14 |
8,826 |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| 12 June 1844 | Station opened with the line |
| February 1849 | Station closed |
| 11 September 1933 | Station reopened as Appleford Halt |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed Appleford |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Appleford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Appleford railway station serves the village of Appleford-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, England. It is about 8 miles (13 km) south of Oxford on the Cherwell Valley Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western.
Layout
The station entrance is on a humpback bridge and passengers must descend steep steps to the platforms.
Platform 1 is served by Down First Great Western services towards Oxford and Platform 2 is served by Up trains towards London Paddington.
History
It was opened originally with the line from Didcot to Oxford. The opening was 12 June 1844, having been planned and partly built by the Oxford Railway, which was absorbed into the Great Western Railway before the opening of the line. It was however closed after just a few years in February 1849.
The Great Western Railway reopened the station as "Appleford Halt" on 11 September 1933 in response to growing competition from buses.
The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
British Rail discontinued its "Halt" suffix in 5 May 1969. The station was served by Network South East when Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s.
Unusually, until recently it retained the original wooden platforms and corrugated iron pagoda-roofed waiting shelters. These have been replaced by "bus shelter"-like waiting shelters. It has never been staffed; originally passengers could purchase tickets at the village Post office, however since this has closed down, passengers need to purchase tickets from the on-train conductor.
Services
Appleford station is served by stopping services run by First Great Western between Reading and Oxford. In total there are 16 services each way with a two-hourly interval between trains (though during peak-times the number of trains rises significantly). Most of these services start or continue as semi-fast services between Reading and London Paddington.
As of the start of the Winter timetable (14 December 2014), services will no longer call at Appleford on a Sunday.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didcot Parkway | First Great Western Cherwell Valley Line |
Culham | ||
References
- 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 on navigable O.S. map.
Coordinates: 51°38′24″N 1°14′31″W / 51.640°N 1.242°W