Cropredy railway station

Cropredy
Location	Great Bourton, District of Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP465462
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1853	Station opens
1956	Station closes

Cropredy railway station was formerly a railway station on the Great Western Railway at Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, serving the village of Cropredy. The station building was of brick and wood, and there was a goods siding.

History[]

The Oxford and Rugby Railway had been built from Oxford northwards past Cropredy by 1852. It never reached Rugby, but at Fenny Compton it met the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and thus became part of an important north–south main line. The Great Western Railway took over the O&RR before it was completed, and opened Cropredy railway station to serve the village. British Railways closed the station in 1956. The station was demolished and few traces remain. The railway remains open as part of the Chiltern Main Line.

Routes[]

A 1911 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Cropredy

References[]

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links[]

• Cropredy station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Cropredy station circa 1908

Coordinates: 52°06′46″N 1°19′19″W / 52.1127°N 1.3219°W / 52.1127; -1.3219