Shipton railway station
Railway station in Oxfordshire, England
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Shipton railway station serves the villages of Shipton-under-Wychwood and Milton-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway.[1]
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Shipton railway station in 2007 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Shipton-under-Wychwood, West Oxfordshire England | ||||
| Grid reference | SP281186 | ||||
| Manager | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SIP | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 4 June 1853 | ||||
Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | GWR | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  592 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  2,250 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 2,354 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 3,692 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 3,904 | ||||
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Services
Shipton is served by 2-3 trains in each direction each weekday. The up trains are a morning service to Didcot Parkway and an early evening service to Oxford, which is operated by a Class 800 Intercity Express Train (IET). The down services are an early evening service to Evesham and two later services to Worcester.
Up Saturday services are enhanced, with four services running through to London Paddington. Down Saturday services consist of one afternoon train and three evening trains originating from Paddington and running to Worcester or Great Malvern.[2]
There is no Sunday service from Shipton in either direction. A normal service weekday service operates on most bank holidays.
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Kingham | Great Western Railway Cotswold Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
Ascott-under-Wychwood (Charlbury on Saturdays) | ||
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