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Launton railway station

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967.[1][2]

Launton
DMU departs from station in 1967.
General information
LocationLaunton, Cherwell
England
Grid referenceSP618235
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBuckinghamshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850Opened
1 January 1968Closed
Varsity Line
Oxford
Wolvercote tunnel
Oxford Parkway
Islip
Bicester chord
Claydon curve
Freight traffic
reversing siding
Swanbourne Siding
Bletchley
Fenny Stratford
Bow Brickhill
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Ridgmont
Lidlington
Millbrook
Stewartby
Bedford St Johns
Bedford
Sandy curve
Sandy
Cambridge

Routes edit

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bicester London Road
Line closed, station open
  London and North Western Railway
Varsity Line
  Marsh Gibbon and Poundon
Line and station closed

References edit

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 139. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

51°54′26″N 1°06′08″W / 51.9071°N 1.1022°W / 51.9071; -1.1022


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