Faringdon railway station is a closed stone and brick built railway station that served the market town of
Faringdon, in
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...
, England and was on the
Faringdon branch
The Faringdon branch was a -mile-long branch line from Uffington Station to Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse, in Oxfordshire.
History Opening
The line was opened in 1864, between Faringdon and the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Uffington, ...
line.
History
The line was opened on 1 June 1864,
between Faringdon and 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 ...
(GWR) at
Uffington Uffington is the name of several places:
; England
*Uffington, Lincolnshire
:* Uffington and Barnack railway station
:* Uffington Rural District
*Uffington, Oxfordshire
:* Uffington railway station (Uffington Junction)
*Uffington, Shropshire
;Un ...
, with construction funded by a consortium of local business men called the ''Faringdon Railway Company'' which was purchased outright by the GWR in 1886. Constructed as a broad gauge line it was converted to standard gauge in 1878. Passenger traffic peaked in 1913, but later declined to such an extent that the passenger service was withdrawn on 31 December 1951.
Freight traffic continued to use the line until 1964.
Faringdon Town Council proposed in 2005 to reopen the line but it remains closed.
The station building is still extant, having been used for various commercial purposes; it has been a children's nursery since 2002.
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Faringdon Station in the 1950s
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Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire
Former Great Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951
Faringdon