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Launton railway station

Coordinates: 51°54′26″N 1°06′08″W / 51.9071°N 1.1022°W / 51.9071; -1.1022
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Launton
DMU departs from station in 1967.
General information
LocationLaunton, Cherwell
England
Grid referenceSP618235
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBuckinghamshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850Opened
1 January 1968Closed

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967.[1][2] The station was demolished after closure but the platforms remained until around 2020 when they were removed during reconstruction for reopening of the East/West Rail Link.

Varsity Line
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Oxford
Rewley Road
Oxford
Wolvercote tunnel
Oxford Parkway
Islip
Bicester
London Road
Bicester chord
Claydon curve
Freight traffic
reversing siding
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Swanbourne Siding
Bletchley
Fenny Stratford
Bow Brickhill
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Ridgmont
Lidlington
Millbrook
Stewartby
Kempston
Hardwick
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Bedford St Johns
Bedford
Sandy curve
Sandy
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Cambridge

Routes

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bicester London Road
Line closed, station open
  London and North Western Railway
Varsity Line
  Marsh Gibbon and Poundon
Line and station closed

References

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  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 139. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

51°54′26″N 1°06′08″W / 51.9071°N 1.1022°W / 51.9071; -1.1022