Handborough railway station
Hanborough 
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| Location | |
| Place | Long Hanborough |
| Local authority | West Oxfordshire |
| Grid reference | SP433142 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HND |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2012/13 |
 0.173 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.201 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.244 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.271 million |
| 2016/17 |
 0.239 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 4 June 1853 |
| Original company | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | GWR |
| 1853 | Opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hanborough from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Hanborough railway station is a railway station in the village of Long Hanborough in Oxfordshire, England, serving the village and surrounding district. As a result of the Cotswold Line being singled the former up platform is the only one now in use for both up and down trains. It is served by Great Western Railway trains between Oxford and Worcester Shrub Hill. It is also the nearest station to the towns of and Witney.
There is a passenger-operated ticket machine (card payments only; not cash) at the entrance to the station platform.
The station has two car parks, which between them provide 241 car spaces. However, on most weekdays the number of passengers parking at Hanborough exceeds the number of spaces available.
Oxford Bus Museum is just east of the station, in the former goods yard.
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway opened the station on 4 June 1853, and it was originally named Handborough. Between 1854 and 1861 it served as a junction for Oxford-bound passengers changing from through trains between Worcester and London Euston, for whom a refreshment room was provided.
On 30 January 1965, by which time the station boards read "Handborough for Blenheim", it was the destination for the funeral train of Sir Winston Churchill hauled by Battle of Britain class locomotive No. 34051 Winston Churchill. In his commentary on the funeral for BBC television, Richard Dimbleby said the report The Reshaping of British Railways had scheduled the station for closure.
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