Hinksey Halt railway station
Hinksey Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | New Hinksey, City of Oxford England |
| Coordinates | 51°44′12″N 1°15′26″W / 51.7368°N 1.2573°W |
| Grid reference | SP513044 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 February 1908 |
| Closed | 22 March 1915 |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Hinksey Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve New Hinksey, a suburb of Oxford.
History
[edit]The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction,[1] the junction for the original terminus at Oxford (Grandpont), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900.[2] Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir.[3] The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit, dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848.[4]
It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley.[5][1][6][7]
Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.[8] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.[5][1][6][9] The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Hinksey Halt.
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Oxford Line and station open |
Great Western Railway 1908-1915 |
Abingdon Road Halt Line open, station closed |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Mitchell & Smith 2003a, fig. 44.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 2003a, fig. XI.
- ^ Simpson 2001, p. 61.
- ^ MacDermot 1927, p. 300.
- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 121.
- ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 2003b, fig. 28.
- ^ Waters 1986, p. 128.
- ^ Waters 1986, p. 30.
- ^ Waters 1986, pp. 31, 128.
References
[edit]- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (February 2003a). Didcot to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-02-0.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (April 2003b). Branch Lines to Princes Risborough. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-05-5.
- Simpson, Bill (2001). A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire. Vol. Part 2: The South. Banbury and Witney: Lamplight. ISBN 1-899246-06-1.
- Waters, Laurence (1986). Oxford. Rail Centres. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1590-2.