Chipping Campden railway station

Chipping Campden

Station site in 2006.
Location
Place Chipping Campden
Area Cotswold
Coordinates 52°03′18″N 1°45′19″W / 52.0550°N 1.7552°W / 52.0550; -1.7552Coordinates: 52°03′18″N 1°45′19″W / 52.0550°N 1.7552°W / 52.0550; -1.7552
Grid reference SP168397
Operations
Original company Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 2
History
4 June 1853 Opened as Mickleton
? Renamed Campden
February 1952 Renamed Chipping Campden
3 January 1966 (1966-01-03) Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Chipping Campden, or for most of its existence simply Campden, is a closed railway station on the Cotswold Line, which served the town of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire.

The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was opened in stages. The section between Evesham and Wolvercot Junction, to the north of Oxford, was opened on 4 June 1853;[1] the station at Campden was opened at the same time, and was originally named Mickleton.[2] It was later renamed Campden,[3] and in February 1952 became Chipping Campden.[4] It closed on 3 January 1966.[5]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Mickleton Halt
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway
  Blockley
Line open, station closed

References

  1. MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 498, 867.
  2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 158. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. Butt 1995, pp. 158, 52
  4. Butt 1995, pp. 52, 60
  5. Butt 1995, p. 60
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