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Adderbury railway station

Coordinates: 52°00′37″N 1°18′33″W / 52.01033°N 1.30918°W / 52.01033; -1.30918
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Adderbury
Remains of the station in 1969.
General information
LocationAdderbury, Cherwell
England
Grid referenceSP475349
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBanbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
6 April 1887Station opens
4 June 1951Station closes
1969station closed for freight.

Adderbury railway station served the village of Adderbury in Oxfordshire, England.

History

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The station was built by the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, which was taken over by the Great Western Railway before its opening. When Britain's railways were nationalised in 1948 the B&CDR became part of the Western Region of British Railways, which then withdraw passenger services through Adderbury in 1951. Line through the station closed completely in 1969.

An industrial estate has now been built on the old station site and the only trace of the railway that remains today is some of the old goods building which was situated on the approach to the station and is used by a local scaffolding company

Route

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Milton Halt
Line and station closed
  Great Western Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway
  Kings Sutton
Line closed, station open

References

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Station on navigable O.S. map

52°00′37″N 1°18′33″W / 52.01033°N 1.30918°W / 52.01033; -1.30918