Witney railway station
Witney | |||||
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GWR 7400 No. 7412 at Witney with an Oxford-Fairford service in 1962, while the driver exchanges the single-line tablet with the porter-signalman | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Witney, West Oxfordshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°46′38″N 1°29′07″W / 51.77725°N 1.48540°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP356088 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | East Gloucestershire Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
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| 15 January 1873 | Opened | ||||
| 18 June 1962 | Closed to passengers | ||||
| c. 1965 | Closed to goods | ||||
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Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Witney railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway line. It consisted of two stone-built platforms, a station building, a signal box, and a shed in the form of a pagoda.