Ardley railway station
Ardley railway station was a railway station serving the village of Ardley in Oxfordshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line, south of Ardley Tunnel.
Ardley | |
|---|---|
 The station site in 2001 | |
| Location | Ardley, District of Cherwell England |
| Grid reference | SP538269 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1910 | Station opens as Ardley |
| 1 August 1955 | Station renamed Ardley Halt |
| 7 January 1963 | Station closes |
History
Ardley was one of six new stations that the Great Western Railway provided when it opened the high-speed Bicester cut-off line between Princes Risborough and Kings Sutton in 1910. It was the last station under the jurisdiction of the London District of the GWR on this route. The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Ardley station in 1963, but in an odd oversight, Ardley continued to appear in the weekly special traffic notices of the London Midland Region right up until 1982, nineteen years after its closure.
The site today
Trains of the Chiltern Main Line pass the site.
| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aynho Park Line open, station closed |
Great Western Railway Bicester "cut-off" |
Bicester North Line and station open | ||
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Station on navigable O.S. map.