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Cropredy railway station

Coordinates: 52°06′46″N 1°19′19″W / 52.1127°N 1.3219°W / 52.1127; -1.3219
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Cropredy
Site of Cropredy station in 2000.
General information
LocationGreat Bourton, District of Cherwell
England
Grid referenceSP465462
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyOxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1854Station opens
1956Station closes

Cropredy railway station was formerly a railway station on the Great Western Railway at Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, serving the village of Cropredy.[1][2] The station building was made of brick and wood,[3] and there was a goods siding and goods shed from [4][5][6][7][8]

History

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The Oxford and Rugby Railway had been built from Oxford northwards past Cropredy by 1852.[2] It never reached Rugby, but at Fenny Compton it met the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and thus became part of an important north–south main line.[2]

The Great Western Railway took over the O&RR before it was completed, and opened Cropredy railway station in 1854 to serve the village of that name. The buildings were all wooden, situated on a brick platform in 1908. [3] British Railways closed the station in 1956.[2] The station was demolished and few traces remain.[2] The railway remains open as part of the Chiltern Main Line.[2]

Routes

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A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Cropredy (lower left, in yellow)
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Banbury
Line and station open
  Great Western Railway
Chiltern Main Line
  Fenny Compton
Line open, station closed

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.
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52°06′46″N 1°19′19″W / 52.1127°N 1.3219°W / 52.1127; -1.3219