Radley railway station
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England
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Radley railway station serves the villages of Radley and Lower Radley, as well as the town of Abingdon, in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line between Culham and Oxford, 58 miles 35 chains (94 km) measured from London Paddington.[3]
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Radley, Vale of White Horse England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU526988 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | RAD[1] | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 8 September 1873 [2] | ||||
| Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Post-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  20,830 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  69,982 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.102 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 91,052 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.132 million | ||||
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History
The station was formerly a junction station for a branch to the adjacent town of Abingdon. Opened on 8 September 1873[4] by the Great Western Railway, it replaced the original interchange, Abingdon Junction, opened in 1856.[5] The branch line to Abingdon was closed to passengers by the British Railways Board in 1963[6]. The branch continued to be used by freight trains (notably for MG Cars) and sporadic passenger excursions, the last of which took place in June 1984.[6] It was also sometimes pressed into service as an overnight stabling point for the Royal Train during royal visits to Oxfordshire, in connection with which the train is known to have stopped at the station on at least one occasion.[7]
Facilities
Passenger volume
In recent years passenger traffic at Radley has grown rapidly. In the five years between 2005 and 2010, the number of passengers using the station increased by 38%.[10]
| 2002–03 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | |
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| Entries and exits | 55,824 | 54,153 | 57,651 | 56,860 | 66,018 | 74,514 | 74,820 | 84,804 | 98,846 | 114,766 | 118,868 | 138,896 | 145,904 | 145,348 | 141,786 | 129,982 | 135,780 | 20,830 | 69,982 | 102,132 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
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All services at Radley are operated by Great Western Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Didcot Parkway and Oxford, with alternate trains continuing beyond Oxford to and from Banbury every two hours. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. On Sundays, the station is served by hourly intercity services between London Paddington and Oxford with some services continuing to and from Worcester Foregate Street, Great Malvern and Hereford.[11]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Disused railways | ||||
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