Kingham railway station
General information | |
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Location | Kingham, West Oxfordshire England |
Grid reference | SP256227 |
Managed by | Great Western Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | KGM |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 10 August 1855 |
Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
4 June 1853 | Evesham to Oxford line opened |
10 August 1855 | Chipping Norton Railway opened Station opened as Chipping Norton Junction |
1 March 1862 | Bourton-on-the-Water Railway opened |
8 January 1906 | Flyover opened |
1 May 1909 | Station renamed Kingham |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.182 million |
2019/20 | 0.191 million |
2020/21 | 39,014 |
2021/22 | 0.163 million |
2022/23 | 0.206 million |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Kingham railway station in
The station is on the Cotswold Line and is served by Great Western Railway trains.
History
When the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was extended from Evesham to Wolvercot Junction (north of Oxford) on 4 June 1853,[1] there was no station between Adlestrop and Shipton.[2] On 10 August 1855 a branch line to Chipping Norton was opened by the Chipping Norton Railway, and a station, known as Chipping Norton Junction, was opened at the junction of the branch with the OW&W; this branch was purchased by the OW&W in 1859.[3][4] The OW&W amalgamated with other railways on 1 July 1860 to form the West Midland Railway;[5][6] this in turn amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1863.[7][8] In the meantime, a second branch line from Chipping Norton Junction, the Bourton-on-the-Water railway, had opened on 1 March 1862;[4][9] that railway was absorbed by the GWR on 1 February 1874.[10]
On 1 June 1881 the first section of the
The reversal was inconvenient for trains which did not need to call at Chipping Norton Junction, so for their benefit the GWR built a bridge to carry through trains between Banbury and Cheltenham over the Oxford and Worcester line; it opened to goods trains on 8 January 1906 and to passenger trains on 1 May 1906.[15] The station was renamed Kingham on 1 May 1909.[3][16][17]
Upon the opening of this new link, a new express train service began to use the line, including the new flyover, once a day in each direction. This train, unofficially known as the
In 1953, rationalisation was carried out which resulted in the closure of the East and West
British Railways withdrew passenger services from Kingham to Cheltenham and Chipping Norton in 1962, and freight services in 1964. British Rail designated the Oxford and Worcester line "The Cotswold Line". Passenger traffic increased in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 2015, a car park extension was added with 100 car spaces. A new footbridge was also added, with provision for passenger lifts.
Locomotive depot
A small depot was constructed in 1881 for the Cheltenham extension; this was in the Chipping Norton branch fork, and had a 22-foot (6.7 m)
Appearances in television and film
Kingham station was used as the setting for an episode (S3 E5) of BBC comedy This Country. The episode was first broadcast on 16 March 2020.[27]
Accidents and incidents
- On 15 July 1966, an express passenger train was derailed due to an unsecured switch blade on a set of points. Eighteen people were injured.[28]
Services
Great Western Railway operate all services at Kingham. The typical off-peak service at the station in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to London Paddington
- 1 tph to Worcester Foregate Street of which some continue to Great Malvern and Hereford
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Moreton-in-Marsh | Great Western Railway Cotswold Line |
Shipton (Charlbury on Sundays) | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Adlestrop Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
Shipton Line and station open | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Stow-on-the-Wold Line and station closed |
Great Western Railway Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway |
Sarsden Halt Line and station closed |
Bus services
Two bus routes serve the station. Pulham & Sons runs route 802 to Bourton-on-the-Water via Stow-on-the-Wold on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council and route X8 to Chipping Norton via Churchill on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council. Route 802 runs Monday to Saturday.[29] Route X8 runs Monday to Friday only, peak hours only.[30]
Notes
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part II, Chapter X The West Midland Railway, pp. 498, 867
- ^ Jenkins & Quayle, pp. 34-36
- ^ a b MacDermot, Vol. I Part II, p. 524
- ^ a b Jenkins & Quayle, p. 60
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part II, p. 525
- ^ Jenkins & Quayle, p. 63
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part II, p. 553
- ^ Jenkins & Quayle, p. 66
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part II, pp. 551, 866
- ^ Hemmings, Chapter Three The Bourton-on-the-Water Railway, p. 37
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. II, Chapter IX Prosperity and Repose, pp. 338, 603
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. II, pp. 365, 605
- ^ Hemmings, Chapter Five The Era of the Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway, p. 99
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. II, p. 338
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. II, Chapter XI The Great Awakening, pp. 432, 610
- ^ a b Hemmings, Chapter Six Under the Great Western, p. 163
- ^ Marks, Disused Railways website
- ^ Hemmings, Chapter Six, pp. 138, 163
- ^ Harris, Chapter Eight Cross Country Inter-Railway Services to 1922, pp. 106–107
- ^ Harris, Chapter One Great Western Railway and South Wales Railways to 1922, pp. 12–13
- ^ Allen, p. 101
- ^ Harris, Chapter Fourteen Cross Country Inter-Railway Services 1923–47, p. 173
- ^ a b c Cooke, B. (November 1953). "Economy at Kingham". Trains Illustrated. VI (11): 421.
- ^ Hemmings, Chapter Six, p. 101
- ^ Hemmings, Chapter Six, p. 125
- ^ Lyons, Worcester Division, p. 168
- ^ ""This Country" - The Station". IMDb. 27 May 2021.
- ^ Vaughan (1989), pp 222-227
- ^ "802 Bourton-on-the-Water, The Rissingtons, Stow-on-the-Wold, Kingham Railway Station" (PDF). Pulham & Sons. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "X8 Chipping Norton, Churchill, Kingham, Kingham Station" (PDF). Pulham & Sons. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
References
- Allen, Cecil J (1947) [1946]. Titled Trains of Great Britain (2nd ed.). London: Ian Allan Publishing.
- Harris, Michael (1996). British Main Line Services in the Age of Steam. Yeovil: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-86093-536-1.
- Hemmings, William (2004). The Banbury & Cheltenham Railway. Vol. One. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN 1-874103-88-7.
- Jenkins, S.C.; Quayle, H.I. (1977). The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Blandford: Oakwood Press.
- Lyons, E.T. (1974) [1972]. An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947 (2nd ed.). Risinghurst: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-902888-16-1.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. I Part II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
- Marks, Roger (26 March 2006). "Banbury to Cheltenham (GWR)". Disused Railways. Retrieved 27 July 2009.[permanent dead link]
- Russell, J.H. (1977). The Banbury and Cheltenham Railway 1887–1962. Headington: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-902888-45-5.
- Vaughan, Adrian (1989). Obstruction Danger. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. ISBN 1-85260-055-1.
External links
- Train times and station information for Kingham railway station from National Rail
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