Fulwell & Westbury railway station

Fulwell & Westbury
The site of the station in 1994
General information
Location	Westbury, Buckinghamshire England
Grid reference	SP628347
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London & North Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London & North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1879	Opened as Westbury Crossing [1]
1 October 1880	Station renamed Fulwell & Westbury
2 January 1961	Station closed for passengers
2 December 1963	Station closed completely

Fulwell & Westbury was a railway station in Buckinghamshire that served the village of Westbury and the hamlet of Fulwell in neighbouring Oxfordshire, England. It was opened in 1879 by the London & North Western Railway, which had taken over the line from the Buckinghamshire Railway that year. The station consisted of one platform, a ticket office, and two waiting rooms. The station was closed for passengers in 1961 ^[2] and completely in December 1963. ^[3]

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Brackley		London and North Western Railway Buckinghamshire Railway		Water Stratford Halt

References

1. Disused Stations
2. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond, UK: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 189. OCLC   931112387.
3. "Fulwell & Westbury station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

Sources

• 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.
• Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol, UK: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. ISBN   0-905466-19-5.
• Davies, R.; Grant, M.D. (1984). Forgotten Railways: Chilterns and Cotswolds. Newton Abbot, UK: David St John Thomas. ISBN   0-946537-07-0.
• Kingscott, Geoffrey (2008). Lost Railways of Northamptonshire (Lost Railways Series). Newbury, UK: Countryside Books. ISBN   978-1-84674-108-1.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2005). Oxford to Bletchley (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN   978-1-904474-57-9.
• Simpson, Bill (1994). Banbury to Verney Junction Branch. Banbury, UK: Lamplight Publications. ISBN   978-1-899246-00-7.

External links

• Image of the station site ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• The station station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• The station on Disused Stations

52°00′26″N1°05′15″W / 52.0073°N 1.0874°W / 52.0073; -1.0874