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Construction and Opening
[edit]Great Western Railway
[edit]The GWR had been opened as far as Reading on 30 March 1840.[1] It first entered Oxfordshire when the line was extended to Steventon on 1 June 1840, and there were also stations at Pangbourne, Goring and Wallingford Road.[2] The line was extended to Faringdon Road on 20 July 1840,[3] and to a temporary station known as Wootton Bassett Road, situated where the line crossed Hay Lane (grid reference SU109824) between Swindon and Wootton Bassett, on 17 December 1840; there was only one intermediate station, at Shrivenham.[4]
Further intermediate stations were opened at Didcot on 12 June 1844; at Uffington in 1864 and at Wantage Road. Wallingford Road was renamed Moulsford on 2 July 1866, and was replaced by the present Cholsey station (then known as Cholsey and Moulsford) on 29 February 1892.
Oxford Railway
[edit]Oxford & Rugby Railway
[edit]Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway
[edit]Witney Railway
[edit]East Gloucestershire Railway
[edit]Wallingford and Watlington Railway
[edit]Faringdon Railway
[edit]Ironstone Railways
[edit]Bicester Military Railway
[edit]Locomotive Depots
[edit]At the close of 1947 the GWR had depots in Oxfordshire at the following locations: Abingdon, Banbury, Didcot, Henley, Kingham, Oxford, Wallingford, Watlington. Of these, Banbury was in the Wolverhampton Division; Kingham was in the Worcester Division; whilst the others were all in the London Division.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part I, p.99
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part I, p.102
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part I, p.103
- ^ MacDermot, Vol. I Part I, p.119
- ^ Lyons, pp.51-52
References
[edit]- Lyons, E.T. (1974). An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947 (2nd ed.). Risinghurst: Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0 902888 16 1.
- MacDermot, E.T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Vol. I (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway. Vol. Vol. II (1st ed.). Paddington: Great Western Railway.
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