Wolvercote Halt railway station

Wolvercote Halt
Site of Wolvercote Halt
Location
Place	Wolvercote
Area	Oxfordshire
Grid reference	SP497098
Operations
Original company	London and North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMSR
History
1905	Station opened
1926	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Wolvercote Halt was a railway station at Upper Wolvercote near Oxford on the Varsity Line. The London and North Western Railway opened the halt in 1905 and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway closed it in 1926. It was situated on the southern side of First Turn.

Route

Railways around Oxford

Legend to Banbury to Worcester to Bicester to Witney and Fairford Water Eaton Parkway Yarnton Oxford Road Halt Wolvercot Junction Wolvercot Platform Wolvercote Halt Oxford North Junction Port Meadow Halt Exchange sidings Sheepwash Channel Swing bridge Oxford Oxford Rewley Road Oxford (Grandpont) Goods Hinksey Halt Millstream Junction Abingdon Road Halt Kennington Junction Radley Iffley Halt to Didcot Littlemore Morris Cowley BMW Mini terminal Horspath Halt to Princes Risborough

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Port Meadow Halt Line open; Station closed		London and North Western Railway Varsity Line		Oxford Road Halt Line open; Station closed

See also

• Wolvercot Platform

Sources

• "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/. 
• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• RAILSCOT on Buckinghamshire Railway