Chalcombe Road Halt railway station
Chalcombe Road Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | Chacombe, Cherwell England |
Grid reference | SP490442 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Central Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 June 1900 | Culworth Junction-Banbury line opened |
17 April 1911 | Station opened |
6 February 1956 | Station closed[1] |
4 September 1966 | Culworth Junction-Banbury line closed |
Chalcombe Road Halt was a railway station on the link line between the
History
In 1893, the
The link line, which ran for a distance of 8.25 miles (13.28 km), was opened without formality on 1 June 1900. The route had no intermediate stations but soon became an important freight route with 60,796 wagons exchanged between the MS&LR (now known as the Great Central) and the Great Western within the first six months of operation; by 1904 this figure had risen by 50%. Two passenger services each way were initially provided by the Great Western, with the Great Central later supplementing this service with three additional trains in each direction.[3] The link was subsequently used for cross-country services, including Aberdeen to Penzance, Oxford to Leicester and Newcastle to Bournemouth.[4]
The line crossed the Northamptonshire–Oxfordshire county boundary five times between Eydon Road Halt and Banbury; at its closest approach to Chacombe, it was on the Oxfordshire side of the boundary, within the parish of Cropredy.[5] A small halt (situated between Chacombe and Coton Farm) was opened on 17 April 1911 and named Chalcombe Road Halt.[6] Serving a rural area, the halt closed on 6 February 1956, and the line itself closed on 4 September 1966.[7]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Banbury Line closed, station open |
Great Central Railway Banbury branch |
Eydon Road Halt Line and station closed |
References
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 57.
- ^ Dow, George (1962). Great Central: Volume 2 Dominion of Watkin 1864-1899. Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Limited. pp. 288–289.
- ISBN 978-0-7110-0263-0.
- ^ Virgin Trains Media, "Virgin Trains offers Aberdeen to Penzance from just 4p a mile", 12 August 2003. Archived 16 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sheet 145 Banbury (Map). 1" = 1 mile. One Inch Seventh Series. Ordnance Survey. 1956. § 49 44.
- ^ 'Parishes: Cropredy', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 10: Banbury hundred (1972), pp. 157–175. Date accessed: 7 September 2008.
- ISBN 1-904474-91-8.