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Uffington railway station (sometimes marked as Uffington Junction) is a former station on the
Great Western Main Line The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to . It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. Opened in 1841, it was the o ...
. The station was located north-east of the village of Uffington, on the east side of the road between Fernham and Baulking. In 1864 Uffington became a junction as the Faringdon Railway opened between there and the town of
Faringdon Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, south-west of Oxford, north-west of Wantage and east-north-east of Swindon. It extends to the River Thames in the north; the highest ground is on the Ridg ...
. In 1886 the GWR took over the Faringdon Railway. The station closed in 1964 and the station was demolished the following year,


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* In this omnibus edition of his memoirs, Vaughan describes his time in the early 1960s as a Signalman at Uffington station. Appendices show track layout and signalling. {{Closed stations Oxfordshire Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire Great Western Main Line Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in England