Launton railway station

Disused railway station in Buckinghamshire, England

Launton

DMU departs from station in 1967.

General information
Location| Launton, Cherwell
England
Grid reference| SP618235
Platforms| 2
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Buckinghamshire Railway
Pre-grouping| London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping| London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850| Opened
1 January 1968| Closed

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967.[1][2] The station was demolished after closure but the platforms remained until around 2020 when they were removed during reconstruction for reopening of the East/West Rail Link.

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Varsity Line

Legend

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| Cherwell Valley line

to Didcot

| Oxford

Rewley Road

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Sheepwash Channel

Port Meadow Halt

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| Cotswold line

to Hereford

Oxford Canal

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| Cherwell Valley line

to Banbury

Wolvercote Halt

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Wolvercote tunnel

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Bucks Jn Rly

Oxford Road Halt

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Oxford Parkway |  |

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Islip |  |

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Oddington Halt

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Charlton Halt

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Wendlebury Halt

| Bicester

Military Rly

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|  |  | Bicester

London Road
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Bicester chord

| GWR

to High Wycombe

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| GWR Bicester cut-off

to Banbury

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Launton

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| Marsh Gibbon

and Poundon

| GCML

to Aylesbury

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| GCML

to Rugby Central

Claydon curve

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| Freight traffic

reversing siding

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Claydon

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| Banbury–Verney Jn

line to Banbury

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Verney Junction

| Metropolitan Rly

to Aylesbury

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Winslow

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Swanbourne

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WCML to Euston

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Swanbourne Siding

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Bletchley Flyover

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|  | Bletchley
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| WCML

to Milton Keynes C.

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Bletchley TMD

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|  | Fenny Stratford
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Grand Union Canal

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|  | Bow Brickhill
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|  | Woburn Sands
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|  | Aspley Guise
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Husborne Crawley

Marston Vale line

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|  | Ridgmont
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|  | Lidlington
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|  | Millbrook
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|  | Stewartby
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Wootton Broadmead

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|  |  | Kempston

Hardwick

| Midland Main Line

to St Pancras

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Kempston & Elstow

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| Bedford–Hitchin line

to Hitchin

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Bedford St Johns |  |

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| Bedford St Johns

(former)

|  | Bedford

Willington

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| Midland Main Line

to Leicester

Blunham

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River Ivel

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Girtford Halt

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| ECML

to Peterborough

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Sandy curve

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|  | Sandy

ECML to Hitchin

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Potton

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Gamlingay

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Old North Road

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Lord's Bridge

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Mullard Observatory

| Cambridge line

to Hitchin

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WAML to London

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|  | Cambridge

| Ipswich–Ely line

to Ipswich

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GER to Mildenhall

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GER to St Ives

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| Fen line

to King's Lynn

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## Routes[edit]

Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Bicester London Road
Line closed, station open |  | London and North Western Railway
Varsity Line |  | Marsh Gibbon and Poundon
Line and station closed

## References[edit]

1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258\. OCLC 931112387.
2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 139\. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

51°54′26″N 1°06′08″W﻿ / ﻿51.9071°N 1.1022°W﻿ / 51.9071; -1.1022

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* Oxford Road Halt
* Port Meadow Halt
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Banbury to Verney Junction branch line|

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Blenheim and Woodstock branch line|

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