• Source: Watlington railway station (Oxfordshire)

Watlington railway station in Oxfordshire was the terminus of the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway and opened in 1872. Watlington station was not in Watlington itself, but in the parish of Pyrton half a mile from Watlington.
The line was always single track. The facilities at Watlington station included a stone-built passenger building, a goods shed, and locomotive and carriage sheds.
The line was projected to be extended to Wallingford, where it would complete a cross-country line between Cholsey and Princes Risborough. Due to financial difficulties the Watlington - Wallingford section was never built.
British Railways closed the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway to passengers in 1957 and to goods in 1961. Remains of the buildings exist, heavily overgrown, on private land.




See also


List of closed railway stations in Britain




References






Bibliography


Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 1: The story of the line from 1872-1961. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN 1-874103-43-7.
Karau, Paul; Turner, Chris (1998). Country branch line: An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch. Vol 2: The stations. Didcot: Wild Swan. ISBN 1-874103-46-1.
Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 20–23. ISBN 1-85306-643-5.
Holden, J S (1974). The Watlington Branch. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 0-902888-41-2.




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Station on Disused Stations

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• Watlington railway station (Oxfordshire)
• Watlington, Oxfordshire
• Chinnor railway station
• Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
• Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway
• Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway
• Lewknor Bridge Halt railway station
• Wainhill Crossing Halt railway station
• Benson, Oxfordshire
• Wolvercot Platform railway station