Watlington railway station, Oxfordshire
- Watlington railway station, Oxfordshire
:distinguish|Watlington (Norfolk) railway station
Watlington railway station in Oxfordshire was the terminus of the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway and opened in 1872. The original plan envisaged a continuation to Cholsey on the Great Western Railway but due to financial difficulties this was never to be. This left a branch from Cholsey to Wallingford, with a gap between there and Watlington. The station was also not in Watlington itself, but in Pyrton about a mile from centre of Watlington.
The branch was closed to passengers in 1957 and to goods in 1961.
The line was always single track. The station facilities included a stone-built passenger building, a goods shed, and locomotive and carriage sheds. Remains of the buildings exist, heavily overgrown, on private land.
Other stations
Other stations on the line include:
* Princes Risborough railway station - junction
* Chinnor railway station
* Aston Rowant railway station
References
* Karau, Paul and Turner, Chris (1998) "Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 1: The story of the line from 1872-1961", Didcot : Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-43-7
* Karau, Paul and Turner, Chris (1998) "Country Branch Line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol. 2: The stations", Didcot : Wild Swan, ISBN 1-874103-46-1
See also
* List of closed railway stations in Britain
External links
* [http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ Disused stations]
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