Winslow railway station

Winslow
Proposed site of new station in April 2014.
Location
Place	Winslow
Local authority	Aylesbury Vale
Grid reference	SP772285
Operations
Managed by	TBA
Number of platforms	2
History
Original company	Buckinghamshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
1 May 1850	Opened
22 May 1967	Closed to goods traffic
1 January 1968	Closed to passengers
29 May 1993	Last train passes
2019	Planned reopening on new site
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Winslow railway station is a former railway station which served the town of Winslow in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is on a disused section of the Varsity Line; a single track remains in place but is rusted and overgrown far beyond use. The site of the original station is mostly covered by a small housing development, and although the platforms still remain, they are in a very poor state. It is planned to reopen the station on a different site in 2019 as part of the East West Rail Link.

Winslow was opened by the Buckinghamshire Railway on 1 May 1850 as part of its line from Banbury to Bletchley. The line was worked from the outset by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) which absorbed the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1879. The line was subsequently extended westwards to Islip, to a temporary station at Banbury Road and then to Oxford, opening throughout on 20 May 1851. Winslow station was conveniently situated at the end of Station Road which branches off from the High Street, serving the village of Winslow which comprised 1,805 inhabitants at the time. The coming of the railway had a significant impact on the village, resulting in its northward extension and the opening of a "Railway Inn".

Winslow was regarded as an important station on the line, possibly even more so than Bicester, for it was the place where trains for Banbury and Oxford were joined and divided in the early years, even after the opening of Verney Junction. Passenger facilities were provided on each platform which were more generous than those found elsewhere on the line. Architecturally, the brick station resembled the stone structure provided at Bicester, particularly its twin symmetrical gables covered by ridge tiles and its portico. A stationhouse was also provided for the stationmaster and this was situated just beyond the main station building and arranged around a circular driveway at the centre of which was a large horse chestnut tree. A coal yard lay to the east of the station, while a goods yard was provided to the west. Winslow Gasworks opened in 1880 on a site immediately to the south of the coal yard; it received up to 1000 tons of coal annually via the yard, although it was not rail-connected. The station was lit by gas until the trains cease to call.