Uffington railway station
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Uffington | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Uffington, District of Vale of White Horse England |
| Grid reference | SU312904 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 17 December 1840 | GWR opened Faringdon Road to Hay Lane |
| 1 June 1864 | Uffington station opened; Faringdon Railway opened |
| 7 December 1964 | Station closed |
Uffington railway station (sometimes marked as Uffington Junction) is a former station on the Great Western Main Line. The station was located north-east of the village of Uffington, on the east side of the road between Fernham and Baulking.[1]
In 1864 Uffington became a junction as the Faringdon Railway opened between there and the town of Faringdon. In 1886 the GWR took over the Faringdon Railway.[2]
The station closed in 1964[3] and the station was demolished the following year.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challow Line open, station closed | British Rail Western Region Great Western Main Line | Shrivenham Line open, station closed | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Faringdon Line and station closed | British Rail Western Region Faringdon Branch Line | Terminus | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "New Popular Edition Maps".
- ^ MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II: 1863-1921. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 6, 72. OCLC 55853736.
- ^ "Oxfordshire villages: Uffington". www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
Further reading
[edit]- Vaughan, Adrian (1984). Signalman's Morning/Signalman's Twilight. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-28345-6. In this omnibus edition of his memoirs, Vaughan describes his time in the early 1960s as a Signalman at Uffington station. Appendices show track layout and signalling.