Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
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Brize Norton and Bampton railway station was a railway station 1 miles (1.6 km) south of the village of Brize Norton
on the East Gloucestershire Railway between and . The station had two stone-built platforms, a station building and a goods shed.
The station was opened on 15 January 1873 and was originally named Bampton
, although it was 2 miles (3.2 km) north of that village. In 1884 a similarly named station at Bampton, Devon
was opened; but it was not until 2 July 1906 that the Oxfordshire station was distinguished by being renamed Bampton (Oxon). In 1937 the Royal Air Force
opened RAF Brize Norton
, so on 1 May 1940 the Great Western Railway
renamed the station as Brize Norton and Bampton.
British Rail
ways closed the station on 18 June 1962, and the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s.
Brize Norton
Brize Norton is a village and civil parish east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish.-Toponym:...
on the East Gloucestershire Railway between and . The station had two stone-built platforms, a station building and a goods shed.
The station was opened on 15 January 1873 and was originally named Bampton
Bampton, Oxfordshire
Bampton, also called Bampton-in-the-Bush, is a village and civil parish in the Thames Valley about southwest of Witney in Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Weald....
, although it was 2 miles (3.2 km) north of that village. In 1884 a similarly named station at Bampton, Devon
Bampton (Devon) railway station
Bampton railway station was on the Exe Valley Railway line between and , and served the small town of Bampton in Devon, South West England. The station opened on 1 August 1884. At that time, the railway was known as the Tiverton and North Devon Railway, but with the opening of the Exe Valley line...
was opened; but it was not until 2 July 1906 that the Oxfordshire station was distinguished by being renamed Bampton (Oxon). In 1937 the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
opened RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, about west north-west of London, is the largest station of the Royal Air Force. It is close to the settlements of Brize Norton, Carterton and Witney....
, so on 1 May 1940 the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
renamed the station as Brize Norton and Bampton.
British Rail
British Rail
British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
ways closed the station on 18 June 1962, and the station buildings were demolished in the 1980s.