Wheatley railway station was on the Wycombe Railway

Wycombe Railway

The Wycombe Railway was a British railway between and that connected with the Great Western Railway at both ends; there was one branch, to .-History:The Wycombe Railway Company was incorporated by an act of Parliament passed in 1846...

 and served the village

Village

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 of Wheatley

Wheatley, Oxfordshire

Wheatley is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about east of Oxford.-Archaeology:There was a Roman villa on Castle Hill, about southeast of the parish church. It was excavated in 1845, when Roman coins dating from AD 260 to 378 and fragments of Roman pottery and Roman tiles were...

 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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It was opened in 1864 as part of an extension from Thame

Thame railway station

Thame railway station was a station on the Wycombe Railway serving the town of Thame in Oxfordshire. It was opened in 1862 as the terminus of an extension from High Wycombe via Princes Risborough. In 1864 the line was extended from Thame to Oxford. The station was built with a train shed over its...

 to Oxford

Oxford railway station

Oxford railway station is a mainline railway station serving the city of Oxford, England. It is about west of the city centre, northwest of Frideswide Square and the eastern end of Botley Road, and on the line linking with . It is also on the line for trains between and Hereford via...

. The railway crossed the steep road of Ladder Hill by a bridge. The station was on the east side of Ladder Hill.

In 1963 British Railways

British Rail

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 withdrew passenger services between Princes Risborough and Oxford, closed all intermediate stations including Wheatley, and dismantled the track between Thame and Cowley

Morris Cowley railway station

Morris Cowley was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the small town of Cowley, just outside Oxford, from 1908 to 1915, and then from 1928 to 1963. The station originated opened as part of an attempt by the Great Western Railway to encourage more passengers onto the line at...

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Kelham Hall Drive and Kimber Close have been built on the site of Wheatley station. The car park of the Railway Hotel public house

Public house

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 on the west side of Ladder Hill occupies part of the former trackbed. One of the pub's bars is decorated with many items of railway memorabilia

Railroadiana

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, some of which relate to the former railway through Wheatley station.