Hinksey Halt railway station

Hinksey Halt
General information
Location	New Hinksey, City of Oxford England
Coordinates	51°44′12″N1°15′26″W / 51.7368°N 1.2573°W / 51.7368; -1.2573
Grid reference	SP513044
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1 February 1908
Closed	22 March 1915
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Location

Hinksey Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve New Hinksey, a suburb of Oxford.

History

The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction, ^[1] the junction for the original terminus at Oxford (Grandpont), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900. ^[2] Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir. ^[3] The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit, dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848. ^[4]

It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley. ^{[5] [1] [6] [7]}

Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough. ^[8] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed. ^{[5] [1] [6] [9]} The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Hinksey Halt.

Route

v t e Railways around Oxford
Legend
to Banbury to Worcester to Bicester to Witney and Fairford Oxford Parkway Yarnton Oxford Road Halt Yarnton Loop City boundary Wolvercot Junction Wolvercot Platform Wolvercote Halt Oxford North Junction Port Meadow Halt Exchange sidings Sheepwash Channel Rewley Road Swing Bridge Oxford Oxford Rewley Road Osney Rail Bridge Gasworks Bridge Oxford Gas Works River Isis City boundary Oxford (Grandpont) Goods Hinksey Halt Millstream Junction Abingdon Road Halt Kennington Junction Radley Iffley Halt to Didcot Kennington Railway Bridge Littlemore Morris Cowley BMW Mini terminal Horspath Halt to Princes Risborough

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Oxford Line and station open		Great Western Railway 1908-1915		Abingdon Road Halt Line open, station closed

Notes

1. Mitchell & Smith 2003a, fig. 44.
2. Mitchell & Smith 2003a, fig. XI.
3. Simpson 2001, p. 61.
4. MacDermot 1927, p. 300.
5. Butt 1995, p. 121.
6. Mitchell & Smith 2003b, fig. 28.
7. Waters 1986, p. 128.
8. Waters 1986, p. 30.
9. Waters 1986, pp. 31, 128.

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1. R508.
• MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863. Paddington: Great Western Railway.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (February 2003a). Didcot to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   1-904474-02-0.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (April 2003b). Branch Lines to Princes Risborough. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN   1-904474-05-5.
• Simpson, Bill (2001). A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire. Vol. Part 2: The South. Banbury and Witney: Lamplight. ISBN   1-899246-06-1.
• Waters, Laurence (1986). Oxford. Rail Centres. London: Ian Allan. ISBN   0-7110-1590-2.

External links

• Site of Hinksey Halt on a navigable 1946 O.S. map