Fulwell & Westbury railway station

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
The site of the station in 1994
General information
LocationWestbury, Buckinghamshire
England
Grid referenceSP628347
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon & North Western Railway
Pre-groupingLondon & North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 August 1879Opened as Westbury Crossing[1]
1 October 1880Station renamed Fulwell & Westbury
2 January 1961closed for passengers
2 December 1963Station Closed completely

Routes

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Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Brackley   London and North Western Railway
Buckinghamshire Railway
  Water Stratford Halt

References

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  1. ^ Disused Stations
  2. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 189. OCLC 931112387.
  3. ^ "Fulwell & Westbury station (remains) © Ben Brooksbank cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". Geograph. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

Sources

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52°00′26″N 1°05′15″W / 52.0073°N 1.0874°W / 52.0073; -1.0874