Wallingford railway station
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Wallingford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wallingford.
It is now part of a preserved railway.
main line at (hitherto known as Wallingford Road) to Wallingford, where a station was constructed on the south side of Station Road, at . The line never proceeded beyond, so did not reach the second-named town in its title.
In 1969 the line was shortened by 500m from 51.6020°N 1.1320°W back to the location of a Malt plant on Hithercroft Road, which was the only remaining goods customer. When traffic from this source stopped in 1981 the line was closed. The new Wallingford station was built at this location on the south side of St. Johns Road, at , when the line reopened as a Heritage railway.
It is now part of a preserved railway.
History
On 2 July 1866, the Wallingford & Watlington Railway was opened from a junction with the GWRGreat 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...
main line at (hitherto known as Wallingford Road) to Wallingford, where a station was constructed on the south side of Station Road, at . The line never proceeded beyond, so did not reach the second-named town in its title.
In 1969 the line was shortened by 500m from 51.6020°N 1.1320°W back to the location of a Malt plant on Hithercroft Road, which was the only remaining goods customer. When traffic from this source stopped in 1981 the line was closed. The new Wallingford station was built at this location on the south side of St. Johns Road, at , when the line reopened as a Heritage railway.