Abingdon Road Halt railway station

Abingdon Road Halt
Location
Place	New Hinksey
Area	City of Oxford
Coordinates	51°43′48″N 1°15′09″W / 51.7300°N 1.2524°WCoordinates: 51°43′48″N 1°15′09″W / 51.7300°N 1.2524°W
Grid reference	SP517037
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1 February 1908 Closed 22 March 1915
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Abingdon Road Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve South Hinksey, a village near Oxford.

History

The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of Kennington Junction, the junction for Thame and Princes Risborough. It was on the southern side of Abingdon Road,^[1] which crosses the railway here over a brick bridge known locally as the Red Bridge.

It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley.^[2][3][4][5]

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the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.^[6] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.^{[2][3][4][7][8]} The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Abingdon Road Halt. The line was quadrupled during 1942,^[3] and little, if any, trace remains.^[9]

Route

Railways around Oxford

Legend to Banbury to Worcester to Bicester to Witney and Fairford Oxford Parkway Yarnton Oxford Road Halt Yarnton Loop City boundary Wolvercot Junction Wolvercot Platform Wolvercote Halt Oxford North Junction Port Meadow Halt Exchange sidings Sheepwash Channel Rewley Road Swing Bridge Oxford Oxford Rewley Road City boundary Oxford (Grandpont) Goods Hinksey Halt Millstream Junction Abingdon Road Halt Kennington Junction Radley Iffley Halt to Didcot Kennington Railway Bridge Littlemore Morris Cowley BMW Mini terminal Horspath Halt to Princes Risborough

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Hinksey Halt Line open, station closed		Great Western Railway 1908-1915		Iffley Halt Line open, station closed

Notes

1. Simpson 2001, p.61
2. Butt 1995, p.13
3. Mitchell & Smith 2003 (Feb), fig. 41
4. Mitchell & Smith 2003 (Apr), fig. 28
5. Waters 1986, p.128
6. Waters 1986, p.30
7. Waters 1986, pp.31,128
8. Simpson 2001, p.54
9. Mitchell & Smith 2003 (Feb), fig. 43

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (February 2003). Didcot to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-02-0.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (April 2003). Branch Lines to Princes Risborough. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-05-5.
• Simpson, Bill (2001). A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire. 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.

External links

• Site of Abingdon Road Halt on a navigable 1946 O.S. map