Fulwell & Westbury was a railway station in Buckinghamshire that served the village of Westbury and the hamlet of Fulwell in neighbouring Oxfordshire, England. It opened in 1879 London & North Western Railway who had taken over the line from the Buckinghamshire Railway that year. The station consisted of one platform, a ticket office, and two waiting rooms. The station was closed for passengers in 1961[2] and completely in December 1963.[3]
Fulwell & Westbury | |
|---|---|
_geograph-3539252-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg) The site of the station in 1994 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Westbury, Buckinghamshire England |
| Grid reference | SP628347 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London & North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London & North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 1 August 1879 | Opened as Westbury Crossing[1] |
| 1 October 1880 | Station renamed Fulwell & Westbury |
| 2 January 1961 | closed for passengers |
| 2 December 1963 | Station Closed completely |
Routes
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brackley | London and North Western Railway Buckinghamshire Railway |
Water Stratford Halt |
References
edit- ^ Disused Stations
- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 189. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ "Fulwell & Westbury station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
Sources
edit- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol, Avon: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- Davies, R.; Grant, M.D. (1984). Forgotten Railways: Chilterns and Cotswolds. Newton Abbot, Devon: David St John Thomas. ISBN 0-946537-07-0.
- Kingscott, Geoffrey (2008). Lost Railways of Northamptonshire (Lost Railways Series). Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-84674-108-1.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2005). Oxford to Bletchley (Country Railway Routes). Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-904474-57-9.
- Simpson, Bill (1994). Banbury to Verney Junction Branch. Banbury, Oxfordshire: Lamplight Publications. ISBN 978-1-899246-00-7.