Wantage railway station is a closed stone and brick built station located on Mill Street, Wantage in Oxfordshire on the Wantage Tramway line. The station closed fully in 1945 when Wantage Tramway ceased operations.
Wantage | |
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General information | |
Location | Wantage, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire England |
Grid reference | SU398881 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Wantage Tramway |
Key dates | |
1 October 1875 | Station opens to freight |
11 October 1875 | Station opens to passengers |
1 August 1925 | Station closes to passengers |
22 December 1945 | Station closes to freight |
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Formed in 1873 to link Wantage Road station with its terminus at Wantage the line was cheaply built[1] parallel to what was then the Besselsleigh Turnpike, and now the A338.
The line was opened for goods on 1 October 1875, and to passengers on 11 October.[2] The tramway junction was to the east of Wantage Road station; interchange passengers walked under the bridge to reach the tramway yard, where the westernmost siding (parallel to the road) was reserved for passenger tramcars.[2][3]
For most of its operation the line was well used and profitable but the advent of popular road transport saw a steady decline in passengers and freight.[1] The tramway closed to passengers on 1 August 1925, and to goods on 22 December 1945.[2][4]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Wantage Road Line and station closed |
Wantage Tramway Company | Terminus |
Closed railway stations in Oxfordshire | |
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Great Western Main Line | |
Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway | |
Cherwell Valley line |
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Witney Railway; East Gloucestershire Railway | |
Wycombe Railway | |
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway | |
Chiltern Main Line | |
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway | |
Great Central Main Line | |
Varsity Line | |
Banbury to Verney Junction branch line | |
Blenheim and Woodstock branch line | |
Short branches |