Cropredy railway station

Cropredy
Site of Cropredy station in 2000.
General information
Location	Great Bourton, District of Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP465462
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1854	Station opens
1956	Station closes
Location

Cropredy railway station was formerly a railway station on the Great Western Railway at Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, serving the village of Cropredy. ^{[1] [2]} The station building was made of brick and wood, ^[3] and there was a goods siding and goods shed from ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

History

The Oxford and Rugby Railway had been built from Oxford northwards past Cropredy by 1852. ^[2] 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. ^[2]

The Great Western Railway took over the O&RR before it was completed, and opened Cropredy railway station in 1854 to serve the village of that name. The buildings were all wooden, situated on a brick platform in 1908. ^[3] British Railways closed the station in 1956. ^[2] The station was demolished and few traces remain. ^[2] The railway remains open as part of the Chiltern Main Line. ^[2]

Routes

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Cropredy (lower left, in yellow)

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. (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.

1. "New Popular Edition Maps". www.npemap.org.uk.
2. "Parishes: Cropredy | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721193527/http://www.cropredyvillage.info/Walk%20round%20Cropredy.htm Cropredy station circa 1908
4. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
5. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
6. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
7. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.
8. "Georeferenced Maps - Map images - National Library of Scotland". maps.nls.uk.

External links

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

52°06′46″N1°19′19″W / 52.1127°N 1.3219°W / 52.1127; -1.3219