Iffley Halt railway station
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Iffley Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Kennington, Vale of White Horse England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°43′17″N 1°14′36″W / 51.7213°N 1.2432°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SP523028 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1908 | Opened | ||||
| 22 March 1915 | Closed | ||||
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Iffley Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve Iffley, a suburb of Oxford; it was actually in Kennington, and not in Iffley.
The station was situated at the western end of Kennington Railway Bridge, which crosses the River Thames.[1] Access from Iffley was via the River Thames towpath, which has a footbridge over Hinksey Stream close to this point. It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the former Wycombe Railway route between Oxford and Wheatley.[2][3]
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the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough.[4] When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed.[2] The line remained open for through passenger services, but these did not call at Iffley Halt.
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