Blackthorn | |
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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 |
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.
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. The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Blackthorn station in 1953.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Bicester North Line and station open | Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" | Brill & Ludgershall Line open, station closed |
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