Uffington railway station

Uffington railway station (sometimes marked as Uffington Junction) is a former station on the Great Western Main Line. The station was located north-east of the village of Uffington, on the east side of the road between Fernham and Baulking.[1]

Uffington
Location	Uffington, District of Vale of White Horse England
Grid reference	SU312904
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
Pre-grouping	GWR
Post-grouping	GWR Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
17 December 1840	GWR opened Faringdon Road to Hay Lane
1 June 1864	Uffington station opened; Faringdon Railway opened
7 December 1964	Station closed

In 1864 Uffington became a junction as the Faringdon Railway opened between there and the town of Faringdon. In 1886 the GWR took over the Faringdon Railway.[2]

The station closed in 1964.[3]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Challow Line open, station closed		British Rail Western Region Great Western Main Line		Shrivenham Line open, station closed
	Disused railways
Faringdon Line and station closed		British Rail Western Region Faringdon Branch Line		Terminus

References

1. http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#430,190,1
2. MacDermot, E.T. (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. II: 1863-1921. Paddington: Great Western Railway. pp. 6, 72. OCLC 55853736.
3. http://www.oxfordshirevillages.co.uk/vale_of_white_horse_villages/uffington.htm Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

• Vaughan, Adrian (1984). Signalman's Morning/Signalman's Twilight. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-28345-6. In this omnibus edition of his memoirs, Vaughan describes his time in the early 1960s as a Signalman at Uffington station. Appendices show track layout and signalling.