Boxford railway station
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Boxford railway station was a railway station in Boxford, Berkshire
, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.
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The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods. Boxford was the first stop on the line with a siding, which also functioned as a passing loop
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The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1965, having ceased passenger services in 1960. The station's wooden shelter is now used as a bus shelter in the village.
Boxford, Berkshire
Boxford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of West Berkshire, part of Berkshire in England.The village is on the east bank of the River Lambourn, about northwest of Newbury but south of the M4 motorway...
, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.
History
The station opened on 4 April 1898. Until 1954 it was manned; between 1904 and 1940 it was overseen by Charlie Brown, a local man employed by the Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
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The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods. Boxford was the first stop on the line with a siding, which also functioned as a passing loop
Passing loop
A passing loop is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams in opposing directions can pass each other. Trains/trams in the same direction can also overtake, providing that the signalling arrangement allows it...
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The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1965, having ceased passenger services in 1960. The station's wooden shelter is now used as a bus shelter in the village.