Cropredy railway station

Cropredy
Location
Place	Cropredy
Area	Cherwell
Grid reference	SP465462
Operations
Original company	Oxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
1853	Station opens
1956	Station closes
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Cropredy railway station was formerly a railway station on the Great Western Railway at Cropredy, Oxfordshire. The station building was of brick and wood, and there was a goods siding.

History

The Oxford and Rugby Railway had been built from Oxford northwards past Cropredy by 1852. It never reached Rugby, but at Fenny Compton it met the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and thus became part of an important north-south main line. The Great Western Railway took over the O&RR before it was completed, and opened Cropredy railway station to serve the village. British Railways closed the station in 1956. The station was demolished and few traces remain. The railway remains open as part of the Chiltern Main Line.

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Cropredy

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Banbury Line and station open		Great Western Railway Chiltern Main Line		Fenny Compton Line open, station closed

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

External links

• Cropredy station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Cropredy station circa 1908

Coordinates: 52°06′46″N 1°19′19″W / 52.1127°N 1.3219°W / 52.1127; -1.3219