Wheatley railway station

Wheatley

Location
Place	Wheatley
Area	South Oxfordshire
Grid reference	SP595055
Operations
Original company	Wycombe Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
History
1864	Station opened
1963	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
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Wheatley railway station was on the Wycombe Railway and served the village of Wheatley in Oxfordshire.

It was opened in 1864 as part of an extension from Thame to Oxford. The railway crossed the steep road of Ladder Hill by a bridge. The station was on the east side of Ladder Hill.

In January 1963 British Railways withdrew passenger services between Princes Risborough and Oxford, and closed all intermediate stations including Wheatley. The station and route were included in the 1963 Beeching Report, even though passenger services had already ended. Some goods services and diverted passenger trains continued along the line until the track was closed between Thame and Morris Cowley in 1968.

Kelham Hall Drive and Kimber Close have been built on the site of Wheatley station. One of the pub's bars is decorated with many items of railway memorabilia, some of which relate to the former railway through Wheatley station.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Horspath Halt Line closed, station closed		Western Region of British Railways Wycombe Railway		Tiddington Line closed, station closed

References

↑ The Railway Hotel

Coordinates: 51°44′44″N 1°08′21″W / 51.7455°N 1.1393°W / 51.7455; -1.1393

Closed railway stations in Oxfordshire

Great Western Main Line	Challow Moulsford Shrivenham Steventon Uffington Wantage Road

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway	Churn Upton and Blewbury

Cherwell Valley Line	Abingdon Junction Abingdon Road Halt Bletchington Fritwell & Somerton Hinksey Halt Kidlington Wolvercot Platform

Witney Railway; East Gloucestershire Railway	Alvescot Brize Norton and Bampton Carterton (Oxfordshire) Cassington Halt Eynsham Kelmscott and Langford South Leigh Witney Witney (goods) Yarnton

Wycombe Railway	Horspath Halt Iffley Halt Littlemore Morris Cowley Thame Tiddington Towersey Halt Wheatley

Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway	Aston Rowant Chinnor Kingston Crossing Halt Lewknor Bridge Halt Wainhill Crossing Halt Watlington

Chiltern Main Line	Ardley Blackthorn Cropredy

Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway	Adderbury Bloxham Chipping Norton Hook Norton Milton Halt Rollright Halt Sarsden Halt

Great Central Main Line	Chalcombe Road Halt Finmere

Varsity Line	Charlton Halt Launton Oddington Halt Oxford Rewley Road Oxford Road Halt Port Meadow Halt Wendlebury Halt Wolvercote Halt

Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line	Banbury Merton Street

Blenheim and Woodstock Branch Line	Blenheim and Woodstock Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt

Short branches	Abingdon Faringdon Wallingford Wantage

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