Radley railway station

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Radley
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A First Great Western Class 180 at Radley in 2006
General information
Location Radley, Vale of White Horse
England
Grid reference SU526988
Managed by Great Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRAD
Classification DfT category F1
History
Opened8 September 1873 [1]
Original company Great Western Railway
Pre-groupingGWR
Post-groupingGWR
Passengers
2018/19Decrease2.svg 0.129 million

All services at Radley are operated by Great Western Railway.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Didcot Parkway and Oxford, with alternate trains continuing beyond Oxford to and from Banbury every two hours. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. [6]

On Sundays, the station is served by hourly intercity services between London Paddington and Oxford with some services continuing to and from Worcester Foregate Street, Great Malvern and Hereford.

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References

  1. "Oxford" . Oxfordshire Weekly News. 17 September 1873. p. 5.
  2. Hendry, R. Preston; Hendry, R. Powell (1992). Paddington to the Mersey. Oxford Publishing Company. p. 15. ISBN   9780860934424. OCLC   877729237.
  3. "Trains, Plain-clothes Men and Royal Visitors". Oxford Mail . 11 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. Walker, Chris (16 September 2009). "Station gains extra services". Didcot Herald . Oxford: Newsquest (Oxfordshire) Ltd: 7. ISSN   0962-8568 . Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  5. Office of the Rail Regulator data: see infobox at head of article.
  6. Table 116 National Rail timetable, December 2023

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