Charlton Halt railway station
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This article is about the disused railway station in Oxfordshire. For the disused railway station in Bristol, see Charlton Halt railway station (Bristol).
Charlton Halt was a railway station on the Varsity Line
1 miles (1.6 km) north of the village of Charlton-on-Otmoor
. The London and North Western Railway
opened the halt in 1905 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
closed it in 1926.
Charlton Halt was a railway station on the Varsity Line
Varsity Line
The Varsity Line is an informal name for the railway route that formerly linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated successively by the London and North Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and British Railways...
1 miles (1.6 km) north of the village of Charlton-on-Otmoor
Charlton-on-Otmoor
Charlton-on-Otmoor is a village and civil parish about south of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The village is close to the River Ray on the northern edge of Otmoor.-Church of England:Charlton had a parish church by the 11th century...
. The London and North Western Railway
London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. It was created by the merger of three companies – the Grand Junction Railway, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway...
opened the halt in 1905 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...
closed it in 1926.