Cropredy railway station

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]

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

History

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
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Banbury
Line and station open		   Great Western Railway
Chiltern Main Line		   Fenny Compton
Line open, station closed

References
  • 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.
  1. "New Popular Edition Maps". www.npemap.org.uk.
  2. "Parishes: Cropredy | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721193527/http://www.cropredyvillage.info/Walk%20round%20Cropredy.htm Cropredy station circa 1908
  4. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
  5. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
  6. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
  7. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
  8. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.

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