Launton railway station

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Launton
Launton station (1967).JPG
DMU departs from station in 1967.
General information
Location Launton, Cherwell
England
Grid reference SP618235
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Buckinghamshire Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850Opened
1 January 1968Closed

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967. [1] [2]

Varsity Line
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Oxford
Rewley Road
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Oxford
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Aspley Guise
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Ridgmont
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Lidlington
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Millbrook
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Stewartby
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Routes

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Bicester London Road
Line closed, station open
  London and North Western Railway
Varsity Line
  Marsh Gibbon and Poundon
Line and station closed

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