Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
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The station in 1961
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| Location | |
| Place | Brize Norton |
| Area | West Oxfordshire |
| Coordinates | 51°45′06″N 1°33′33″W / 51.75179°N 1.55917°WCoordinates: 51°45′06″N 1°33′33″W / 51.75179°N 1.55917°W |
| Grid reference | SP305060 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | East Gloucestershire Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 15 January 1873 | Station opens as Bampton |
| 2 July 1906 | Station renamed Bampton (Oxon) |
| 1 May 1940 | Station renamed Brize Norton and Bampton |
| 18 June 1962 | Station closes |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Brize Norton and Bampton railway station was a railway station 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Brize Norton on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. The station had two stone-built platforms, a station building and a goods shed.
The station was opened on 15 January 1873 and was originally named Bampton, although it was 2 miles (3.2 km) north of that village. In August 1884 a similarly-named station at Bampton, Devon was opened. However, it was not until 2 July 1906 that the Oxfordshire station was distinguished by being renamed Bampton (Oxon), although certain records indicate that the station's name was in fact changed shortly after the opening of the Devon station.
The station was one of two on the East Gloucestershire Railway with two platforms, and a stone-built goods shed was also constructed, as at Lechlade and Fairford. A small goods yard was served by two sidings. The Second World War resulted in the construction of a new concrete loading bank between the goods shed and the station. The goods shed was smaller than those provided on the Witney Railway and could only accommodate a single vehicle. The signal box was of standard Great Western Railway design with 18 levers and, as with other stations on the East Gloucestershire Railway with the exception of Carterton, it was situated on the platform adjacent to the station buildings. The station had a passing loop which, for over 50 years, was the only one on the line. Until Brize Norton airfield was built, the station stood in a rather isolated position, 1.75 miles (2.82 km) to the north of Bampton village. Nevertheless, between 1903 and 1923, an average of 11,000 tickets were collected annually at the station, and around 9,000 tons of goods traffic was handled.
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