Blackthorn railway station

Blackthorn
General information
Location	Blackthorn, District of Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP624203
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1910	Station opens
8 June 1953	Station closes to passengers
1955	Station closes to freight

Blackthorn railway station was a railway station serving the village of Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.

History

Blackthorn was one of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Princes Risborough and Kings Sutton in 1910. ^[1]

The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Blackthorn station to passengers in 1953 ^[1] and freight in 1955. ^[2]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bicester North Line and station open		Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off"		Brill & Ludgershall Line open, station closed

References

1. "Bicester Local History Society". Bicester Local History Society.
2. "Geograph:: Blackthorn railway station (site),... © Nigel Thompson cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk.

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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