Abingdon Road Halt railway station

51°43′48″N 1°15′09″W / 51.7300°N 1.2524°W / 51.7300; -1.2524Grid referenceSP517037Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayPre-groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1 February 1908Opened22 March 1915Closed

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the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.^[6] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.^{[2][3][4][7][8]} The line remains open for passenger services between Didcot Parkway and Oxford, but these do not call at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

v t e 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 Osney Rail Bridge Gasworks Bridge Oxford Gas Works River Isis 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

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. Vol. 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