Witney railway station (goods)
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Witney goods railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney
on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
line. It consisted of seven sidings, a goods shed, a wooden parcel office and a cattle dock. It also had an engine shed, which was demolished early in the twentieth century.
was constructed on a different site, opening on 15 January 1873. This left the old station on a spur line, and it became the town's goods depot on the same date.
The goods station was closed on 2 November 1970; its site is now occupied by a supermarket.
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
The Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway was a single track railway line, long, in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.-The Witney Railway:In 1849 a branch line was proposed from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway at Wilcote near Charlbury via North Leigh to Witney, but the route was...
line. It consisted of seven sidings, a goods shed, a wooden parcel office and a cattle dock. It also had an engine shed, which was demolished early in the twentieth century.
History
The station was originally the terminus station of the Witney Railway and was opened on 4 November 1861 for both passengers and goods. When the East Gloucestershire Railway opened an extension of the line in 1873, a new passenger stationWitney railway station
Witney railway station served the Oxfordshire town of Witney on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway line. It consisted of two stone-built platforms, a station building, a signal box, and a shed in the form of a pagoda.-History:...
was constructed on a different site, opening on 15 January 1873. This left the old station on a spur line, and it became the town's goods depot on the same date.
The goods station was closed on 2 November 1970; its site is now occupied by a supermarket.