Watlington railway station (Oxfordshire)

Watlington
General information
Location	Watlington, South Oxfordshire England
Coordinates	51°39′04″N0°59′43″W / 51.6511°N 0.9953°W / 51.6511; -0.9953
Grid reference	SU696952
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
15 August 1872	Station opened
1 July 1957	Station closed to passengers
2 January 1961	Station closed-completely
Location

Watlington railway station in Oxfordshire was the terminus of the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway and opened in 1872. Watlington station was not in Watlington itself, but in the parish of Pyrton half a mile from Watlington.

The line was always single track. The facilities at Watlington station included a stone-built passenger building, a goods shed, and locomotive and carriage sheds.

The line was projected to be extended to Wallingford, where it would complete a cross-country line between Cholsey and Princes Risborough. Due to financial difficulties the Watlington - Wallingford section was never built.

British Railways closed the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway to passengers in 1957 ^{[1] [2]} and to goods in 1961. Remains of the buildings exist, heavily overgrown, on private land.

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Oppitz, 2000, page 22
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 444. OCLC   931112387.

Bibliography

• Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 1: The story of the line from 1872-1961. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN   1-874103-43-7.
• Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 2: The stations. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN   1-874103-46-1.
• Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 20–23. ISBN   1-85306-643-5.
• Holden, J S (1974). The Watlington Branch. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN   0-902888-41-2.

External links

• Station on Disused Stations

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Lewknor Bridge Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway		Terminus