The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction,[1] the junction for the original terminus at Oxford (Grandpont), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900.[2] Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir.[3] The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit, dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848.[4]
It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley.[5][1][6][7]
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the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.[8] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.[5][1][6][9] The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Hinksey Halt.
hinksey, halt, railway, station, built, great, western, railway, serve, hinksey, suburb, oxford, hinksey, haltgeneral, informationlocationnew, hinksey, city, oxfordenglandcoordinates51, 7368, 2573, 7368, 2573grid, referencesp513044platforms2other, informations. Hinksey Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve New Hinksey a suburb of Oxford Hinksey HaltGeneral informationLocationNew Hinksey City of OxfordEnglandCoordinates51 44 12 N 1 15 26 W 51 7368 N 1 2573 W 51 7368 1 2573Grid referenceSP513044Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOpened1 February 1908Closed22 March 1915Original companyGreat Western RailwayPre groupingGreat Western Railway 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 the site of Millstream Junction 1 the junction for the original terminus at Oxford Grandpont which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900 2 Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir 3 The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848 4 It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley 5 1 6 7 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the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley Thame or Princes Risborough 8 When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915 the halt closed 5 1 6 9 The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford but these do not call at Hinksey Halt Route editvteRailways around Oxford Legend to Banbury nbsp to Worcester nbsp nbsp nbsp to Bicester to Witney and Fairford nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Parkway Yarnton nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Road Halt Yarnton Loop nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp City boundary Wolvercot Junction nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Wolvercot Platform nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Wolvercote Halt nbsp nbsp Oxford North Junction nbsp nbsp Port Meadow Halt Exchange sidings nbsp nbsp nbsp Sheepwash Channel nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Rewley Road Swing Bridge Oxford nbsp nbsp Oxford Rewley Road Osney Rail Bridge nbsp nbsp Gasworks Bridge nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Gas Works nbsp nbsp nbsp River Isis City boundary nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Oxford Grandpont Goods Hinksey Halt nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Millstream Junction Abingdon Road Halt nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Kennington Junction Radley nbsp nbsp nbsp Iffley Halt to 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 Risborough Preceding station Disused railways Following station OxfordLine and station open Great Western Railway1908 1915 Abingdon Road HaltLine open station closedNotes edit a b c Mitchell amp Smith 2003a fig 44 Mitchell amp Smith 2003a fig XI Simpson 2001 p 61 MacDermot 1927 p 300 a b Butt 1995 p 121 a b Mitchell amp Smith 2003b fig 28 Waters 1986 p 128 Waters 1986 p 30 Waters 1986 pp 31 128 References editButt R V J 1995 The Directory of Railway Stations Yeovil Patrick Stephens Ltd ISBN 1 85260 508 1 R508 MacDermot E T 1927 History of the Great Western Railway vol I 1833 1863 Paddington Great Western Railway Mitchell Vic Smith Keith February 2003a Didcot to Banbury Western Main Lines Midhurst Middleton Press ISBN 1 904474 02 0 Mitchell Vic Smith Keith April 2003b 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 Hinksey Halt on a navigable 1946 O S map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hinksey Halt railway station amp oldid 1017968865, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
