Wallingford railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Wallingford |
| Area | South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire |
| Coordinates | 51°35′52″N 1°08′07″W / 51.5978°N 1.1352°WCoordinates: 51°35′52″N 1°08′07″W / 51.5978°N 1.1352°W |
| Grid reference | SU600891 |
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| Original company | Wallingford & Watlington Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | GWR Western Region of British Railways Cholsey and Wallingford Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1866 | Opened |
| 1959 | Passenger services ceased |
| 1965 | Goods services ceased |
| 1969 | demolished |
| 1985 | Reopened as heritage railway station 500m south of original location |
| Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom | |
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Wallingford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wallingford. It is now part of a preserved railway.
On 2 July 1866, the Wallingford railway branch line was opened by the Wallingford and Watlington Railway from a junction with the Great Western Railway (GWR) main line at Moulsford (known as Wallingford Road until that date) to Wallingford, where a station was constructed on the south side of Wantage Road (now Station Road), at grid reference SU602895 (51°36′06″N 1°07′55″W / 51.6017°N 1.1320°W). The line never proceeded beyond, so did not reach the second-named town in its title.
For such a short line and a small station, the location was well patronised by commercial freight customers. The original Wallingford creamery was taken over by the Co-op Wholesale Society, and had its own private siding access from the goods yard to allow access for milk trains, which then took product to London until the late 1950s. There was also a Malting plant with rail access.
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