Iffley Halt railway station

Iffley Halt
Location
Place	Kennington
Area	Vale of White Horse
Coordinates	51°43′17″N 1°14′36″W / 51.7213°N 1.2432°WCoordinates: 51°43′17″N 1°14′36″W / 51.7213°N 1.2432°W
Grid reference	SP523028
Operations
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
1 February 1908	Opened
22 March 1915	Closed
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Iffley Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve Iffley, a suburb of Oxford; it was actually in Kennington, and not in Iffley.

The station was situated at the western end of Kennington Railway Bridge, which crosses the River Thames.^[1] Access from Iffley was via the River Thames towpath, which has a footbridge over Hinksey Stream close to this point. It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the former Wycombe Railway route between Oxford and Wheatley.^[2][3]

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the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.^[4] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.^[2] The line remained open for through passenger services, but these did not call at Iffley Halt.

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
Abingdon Road Halt		Great Western Railway 1908-1915		Littlemore

References

1. "Hotspot 29. The Railway Line". Retrieved 13 July 2009.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 126. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (April 2003). "Abingdon Road Halt, Kennington Junction". Branch Lines to Princes Risborough. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-05-5.
4. Waters, Laurence (1986). Oxford. Rail Centres. London: Ian Allan. p. 30. ISBN 0-7110-1590-2.