Witney railway station
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Witney railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney
on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
line. It consisted of two stone-built platforms, a station building, a signal box, and a shed in the form of a pagoda.
in Witney
was opened in 1861 as the terminus of the Witney Railway.
In 1873 the East Gloucestershire Railway opened an extension of the line which branched off the Witney Railway just before the terminus; this included a new Witney station just west of the new junction, which opened with the new line on 15 January 1873. Left on a short spur line, the old terminus was closed to passenger traffic, but remained in use as the town's goods station
.
Witney was most popular station on the line, accounting for around forty per cent of passengers in the 1920s.
British Rail
ways changed the name to ‘Witney (Oxon)’, although there were no other stations named Witney. The station was closed to passengers on 18 June 1962, and the station building was demolished in January 1969. The site has been developed into an industrial estate.
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
The Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway was a single track railway line, long, in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.-The Witney Railway:In 1849 a branch line was proposed from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway at Wilcote near Charlbury via North Leigh to Witney, but the route was...
line. It consisted of two stone-built platforms, a station building, a signal box, and a shed in the form of a pagoda.
History
The first stationWitney railway station (goods)
Witney goods railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway line. It consisted of seven sidings, a goods shed, a wooden parcel office and a cattle dock...
in Witney
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
was opened in 1861 as the terminus of the Witney Railway.
In 1873 the East Gloucestershire Railway opened an extension of the line which branched off the Witney Railway just before the terminus; this included a new Witney station just west of the new junction, which opened with the new line on 15 January 1873. Left on a short spur line, the old terminus was closed to passenger traffic, but remained in use as the town's goods station
Witney railway station (goods)
Witney goods railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway line. It consisted of seven sidings, a goods shed, a wooden parcel office and a cattle dock...
.
Witney was most popular station on the line, accounting for around forty per cent of passengers in the 1920s.
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 changed the name to ‘Witney (Oxon)’, although there were no other stations named Witney. The station was closed to passengers on 18 June 1962, and the station building was demolished in January 1969. The site has been developed into an industrial estate.