Wantage Road railway station
Former railway station in England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Wantage Tramway station, see Wantage railway station.
Wantage Road railway station was a railway station on the Great Western Main Line in the Vale of White Horse district in Oxfordshire. The station was actually at the village of Grove, Oxfordshire (then part of Berkshire), more than two miles north of Wantage. The station closed in December 1964 as part of the Beeching cuts.
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Wantage Road | |
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General information | |
Location | Grove, District of Vale of White Horse England |
Grid reference | SU414913 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Great Western Railway |
Pre-grouping | GWR |
Post-grouping | GWR Western Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1846 | Opened |
7 December 1964 | Closed for passengers |
29 March 1965 | closed for goods |
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