The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of Kennington Junction, the junction for Thame and Princes Risborough. It was on the southern side of Abingdon Road,[1] which crosses the railway here over a brick bridge known locally as the Red Bridge.
It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley.[2][3][4][5]
GWR steam railmotor No 93
Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.[6] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.[2][3][4][7][8] The line remains open for passenger services between Didcot Parkway and Oxford, but these do not call at Abingdon Road Halt. The line was quadrupled during 1942,[3] and little, if any, trace remains.[9]
abingdon, road, halt, railway, station, confused, with, abingdon, road, railway, station, early, name, culham, railway, station, built, great, western, railway, serve, south, hinksey, village, near, oxford, abingdon, road, haltgeneral, informationlocationnew, . Not to be confused with Abingdon Road railway station an early name for Culham railway station Abingdon Road Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve South Hinksey a village near Oxford Abingdon Road HaltGeneral informationLocationNew Hinksey City of OxfordEnglandCoordinates51 43 48 N 1 15 09 W 51 7300 N 1 2524 W 51 7300 1 2524Grid referenceSP517037Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Western RailwayPre groupingGreat Western RailwayKey dates1 February 1908Opened22 March 1915Closed Contents 1 History 2 Route 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line to the north of Kennington Junction the junction for Thame and Princes Risborough It was on the southern side of Abingdon Road 1 which crosses the railway here over a brick bridge known locally as the Red Bridge It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley 2 3 4 5 nbsp GWR steam railmotor No 93Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford which was also the western terminus the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley Thame or Princes Risborough 6 When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915 the halt closed 2 3 4 7 8 The line remains open for passenger services between Didcot Parkway and Oxford but these do not call at Abingdon Road Halt The line was quadrupled during 1942 3 and little if any trace remains 9 Route editvteRailways around OxfordLegendto Banbury nbsp to Worcester nbsp nbsp nbsp to Bicesterto Witney and Fairford nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford ParkwayYarnton nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Road HaltYarnton Loop nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp City boundaryWolvercot Junction nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Wolvercot Platform nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Wolvercote Halt nbsp nbsp Oxford North Junction nbsp nbsp Port Meadow HaltExchange sidings nbsp nbsp nbsp Sheepwash Channel nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Rewley Road Swing BridgeOxford nbsp nbsp Oxford Rewley RoadOsney Rail Bridge nbsp nbsp Gasworks Bridge nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Gas Works nbsp nbsp nbsp River IsisCity boundary nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Grandpont GoodsHinksey Halt nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Millstream JunctionAbingdon Road Halt nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Kennington JunctionRadley nbsp nbsp nbsp Iffley Haltto Didcot nbsp nbsp nbsp Kennington Railway Bridge nbsp nbsp nbsp Littlemore nbsp nbsp Morris Cowley nbsp nbsp nbsp BMW Mini terminal nbsp Horspath Halt nbsp to Princes RisboroughPreceding station Disused railways Following stationHinksey HaltLine open station closed Great Western Railway1908 1915 Iffley HaltLine open station closedNotes edit Simpson 2001 p 61 a b Butt 1995 p 13 a b c Mitchell amp Smith 2003 Feb fig 41 a b Mitchell amp Smith 2003 Apr fig 28 Waters 1986 p 128 Waters 1986 p 30 Waters 1986 pp 31 128 Simpson 2001 p 54 Mitchell amp Smith 2003 Feb fig 43References editButt R V J 1995 The Directory of Railway Stations Yeovil Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 1 85260 508 1 R508 Mitchell Vic Smith Keith February 2003 Didcot to Banbury Western Main Lines Midhurst Middleton Press ISBN 1 904474 02 0 Mitchell Vic Smith Keith April 2003 Branch Lines to Princes Risborough Midhurst Middleton Press ISBN 1 904474 05 5 Simpson Bill 2001 A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire Vol Part 2 The South Banbury and Witney Lamplight ISBN 1 899246 06 1 Waters Laurence 1986 Oxford Rail Centres London Ian Allan ISBN 0 7110 1590 2 External links editSite of Abingdon Road Halt on a navigable 1946 O S map nbsp This article on a railway station in South East England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abingdon Road Halt railway station amp oldid 1177669877, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
