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Lambourn railway station

Lambourn
Lambourn railway station (postcard).jpg
Location
Place Lambourn
Area West Berkshire
Coordinates 51°30′18″N 1°31′46″W / 51.5049°N 1.5295°W / 51.5049; -1.5295Coordinates: 51°30′18″N 1°31′46″W / 51.5049°N 1.5295°W / 51.5049; -1.5295
Grid reference SU327785
Operations
Original company Lambourn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping Great Western Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Platforms 1
History
1898 Opened
1960 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Lambourn railway station was a railway station in Lambourn, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.

The station opened on 4 April 1898. It was the terminus and the most substantial station on the line,

Lambourn had an office and extensive freight facilities, including a goods yard with a loading dock, goods shed, locomotive shed, a coal yard and office, and cattle pens. The station was also busy with racehorses, with traffic peaking between 1920 and 1935.

The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1960.


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