Hinksey Halt railway station
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Hinksey Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | New Hinksey, City of Oxford England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°44′12″N 1°15′26″W / 51.7368°N 1.2573°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP513044 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 February 1908 | ||||
| Closed | 22 March 1915 | ||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
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Hinksey Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve New Hinksey, a suburb of Oxford.
The station was situated on the main Didcot to Oxford railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction,[1] the junction for the original terminus at Oxford (Grandpont), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900.[2] Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir.[3] The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit, dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848.[4]
It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and Wheatley.[5][1][6][7]
Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.[8] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.[5][1][6][9] The line remains open for passenger services between Reading and Oxford, but these do not call at Hinksey Halt.
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| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Oxford Line and station open |
Great Western Railway 1908-1915 |
Abingdon Road Halt Line open, station closed | ||