Boxford railway station was a railway station in

Boxford, Berkshire Boxford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, England. The village is on the east bank of the River Lambourn, about northwest of Newbury but south of the M4 motorway. The hamlet of Westbrook is on the opp ...

, UK, on the

Lambourn Valley Railway The Lambourn Valley Railway (LVR) was a branch railway line running from the town of Newbury, Berkshire north-west to the village of Lambourn. It was opened in 1898. Fulfilling a local need, it was in financial difficulties throughout its ind ...

. The hut has been saved from being destroyed as a disused bus shelter and is now being restored by the GWSR for use on their site.

History

The station opened on 4 April 1898. It was staffed until 1954; between 1904 and 1940 it was overseen by Charlie Brown, a local man employed by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

. The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods. Boxford was the first stop on the line with a

siding Siding may refer to: * Siding (construction), the outer covering or cladding of a house * Siding (rail) A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch l ...

, which also functioned as a

passing loop A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...

. The station closed to all traffic in 1960. The station's wooden shelter is now used as a

bus shelter A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...

in the village.Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench

References

Lambourn Valley Railway Disused railway stations in Berkshire Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1898 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960 {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub