Great Shefford railway station

Railway station in England

Great Shefford

View looking away from the site of the station towards Lambourn

General information
Location| Great Shefford, West Berkshire
England
Coordinates| 51°28′35″N 1°26′55″W﻿ / ﻿51.4765°N 1.4486°W﻿ / 51.4765; -1.4486
Grid reference| SU384753
Platforms| 1[1]
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Lambourn Valley Railway
Pre-grouping| Great Western Railway
Post-grouping| Great Western Railway
Key dates
1898| Opened as West Shefford
1900| Renamed Great Shefford
1960| Closed

Great Shefford railway station was a railway station in Great Shefford, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.[2]

## History

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The station opened on 4 April 1898 as West Shefford. It was renamed Great Shefford in November 1900.[1][3]

In 1923, a crane costing £179 was installed to facilitate the handling of heavy goods - particularly timber. The crane had a loading capacity of 64 tons.[2] The station had a coal yard, and also dealt with dairy produce, livestock, and racehorses.[1][2]

The station closed to all traffic on 4 January 1960.[2]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Welford Park |  | Great Western Railway
Lambourn Valley Railway |  | East Garston

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Great Shefford". The History of a Branch Line 1898 to 1973. The Lambourn Valley Railway. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
2. ^ a b c d "Station Name: GREAT SHEFFORD". Disused Stations. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 109, 246. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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Closed railway stations in Berkshire

Staines and West Drayton Railway|

* Colnbrook Estate Halt
* Colnbrook
* Poyle Estate Halt

Windsor branch|

* Chalvey Halt

Wycombe Railway|

* Maidenhead Boyne Hill

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway|

* Hermitage
* Pinewood Halt
* Hampstead Norris
* Compton

Lambourn Valley Railway|

* Newbury West Fields Halt
* Speen
* Stockcross and Bagnor Halt
* Boxford
* Welford Park
* Great Shefford
* East Garston
* Eastbury Halt
* Lambourn

North Downs Line|

* Reading Southern

Other stations|

* Reading Central Goods

* Stations in Oxfordshire since 1974

Great Western Main Line|

* Moulsford
* Steventon
* Wantage Road
* Challow
* Uffington
* Shrivenham

Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway|

* Churn
* Upton and Blewbury

Cherwell Valley line|

* Abingdon Junction
* Abingdon Road Halt
* Hinksey Halt

Wycombe Railway|

* Iffley Halt

Short branches|

* Abingdon
* Faringdon
* Wallingford
* Wantage

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