Bletchington railway station is a disused station in Oxfordshire at Enslow, England, a hamlet 1.25 miles (2 km) west of the village of Bletchingdon. The station had a number of names during its period of operation: 'Woodstock', 'Woodstock Road', 'Kirtlington' and finally 'Bletchington'.

Bletchington
The station in 1961
General information
Location	Bletchington, Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP482182
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	GWR
Key dates
1850	Station opens
1964	Station closes

History

The Oxford and Rugby Railway planned a railway between those two points, which was authorised on 4 August 1845;[1] construction began in 1846,[2] but before any portion was open, it was absorbed by the Great Western Railway. The line opened as far as Banbury on 2 September 1850, and there were three intermediate stations,[3][4] the southernmost being Woodstock Road.[3][4] Upon the opening of a different station named Woodstock Road in 1855, this station was renamed Kirtlington;[3][5][6] and following rebuilding it was renamed for a final time on 11 August 1890, becoming Bletchington.[3][5][6] It is possible that the original name of this station was Woodstock, becoming Woodstock Road in May 1851[5] or 1852.[7]

British Railways closed the station to passengers on 2 November 1964[8][7] and to goods on 21 June 1965.[8] The station building survives but much of the station site is now occupied by an industrial estate.

Notes

References

• MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (February 2003). Didcot to Banbury. Western Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-02-0.
• Simpson, Bill (1997). A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire. Vol. Part 1: The North. Banbury and Witney: Lamplight. ISBN 1-899246-02-9.

External links

• Station and Line on navigable 1947 O.S. map
• Photograph of station site today^{[permanent dead link]}

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