Faringdon railway station

Not to be confused with Farringdon station, Farringdon Platform railway station, or Farington railway station.

Faringdon

Location
Place	Faringdon
Area	Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire
Grid reference	SU287951
Operations
Original company	Faringdon branch
Pre-grouping	Faringdon Railway Company
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1864	Station opens
1951	Station closes to passengers
1964	Station closes to freight
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Faringdon Branch

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Uffington

Great Western Main Line

Faringdon

Faringdon Railway Station is a closed stone and brick built railway station that served the market town of Faringdon, in Oxfordshire, England and was on the Faringdon branch line.

History

The line was opened on 1 June 1864,^[1] between Faringdon and the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Uffington, with construction funded by a consortium of local business men called the Faringdon Railway Company which was purchased outright by the GWR in 1886.^[2] Constructed as a broad gauge line it was converted to standard gauge in 1878. Passenger traffic peaked in 1913, but later declined to such an extent that the passenger service was withdrawn on 31 December 1951.^[1] Freight traffic continued to use the line until 1964.

Faringdon Town Council proposed in 2005 to reopen the line^[3] but it remains closed.

The station building is still extant, having been used for various commercial purposes; it has been a children's nursery since 2002.^[4]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Uffington		British Railways Faringdon Branch Line		Terminus

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Parsons, Dave. "Faringdon Railway". Faringdon Online. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
↑ Gillman, John (18 October 2005). "Faringdon Advanced Broadgauge Railway Vision Statement". Faringdon Town Council. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
↑ "Our childcare facilities at The Old Station Nursery". The Old Station Nursery. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

External links

Closed railway stations in Oxfordshire

Great Western Main Line	Challow Moulsford Shrivenham Steventon Uffington Wantage Road

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Churn Upton and Blewbury

Cherwell Valley Line	Abingdon Junction Abingdon Road Halt Bletchington Fritwell & Somerton Hinksey Halt Kidlington Wolvercot Platform

Witney Railway; East Gloucestershire Railway	Alvescot Brize Norton and Bampton Carterton (Oxfordshire) Cassington Halt Eynsham Kelmscott and Langford South Leigh Witney Witney (goods) Yarnton

Wycombe Railway	Horspath Halt Iffley Halt Littlemore Morris Cowley Thame Tiddington Towersey Halt Wheatley

Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway	Aston Rowant Chinnor Kingston Crossing Halt Lewknor Bridge Halt Wainhill Crossing Halt Watlington

Chiltern Main Line	Ardley Blackthorn Cropredy

Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway	Adderbury Bloxham Chipping Norton Hook Norton Milton Halt Rollright Halt Sarsden Halt

Great Central Main Line	Chalcombe Road Halt Finmere

Varsity Line	Charlton Halt Launton Oddington Halt Oxford Rewley Road Oxford Road Halt Port Meadow Halt Wendlebury Halt Wolvercote Halt

Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line	Banbury Merton Street

Blenheim and Woodstock Branch Line	Blenheim and Woodstock Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt

Short branches	Abingdon Faringdon Wallingford Wantage

Coordinates: 51°39′16″N 1°35′10″W / 51.6545°N 1.5860°W / 51.6545; -1.5860

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