Blackthorn railway station was a railway station serving the village of Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.
Blackthorn | |
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General information | |
Location | Blackthorn, District of Cherwell England |
Grid reference | SP624203 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 July 1910 | Station opens |
8 June 1953 | Station closes |
Blackthorn was one of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Princes Risborough and Kings Sutton in 1910. The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Blackthorn station in 1953.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Bicester North Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Brill & Ludgershall Line open, station closed |
Closed railway stations in Oxfordshire | |
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Great Western Main Line |
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Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway |
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Cherwell Valley line |
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Witney Railway; East Gloucestershire Railway |
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Wycombe Railway |
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Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway |
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Chiltern Main Line |
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Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway |
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Great Central Main Line |
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Varsity Line |
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Banbury to Verney Junction branch line | |
Blenheim and Woodstock branch line |
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Short branches |
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