Place Blackthorn Grid reference SP624203 1 July 1910 Station opens Platforms in use 2 | Area District of Cherwell Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Original company Great Western Railway | |
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways Similar Tiddington railway station, Ardley railway station, Carterton (Oxfordshire) railway st, Milton Halt railway station, Bletchington railway station | ||
Blackthorn railway station was a railway station serving the village of Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, England. It was on what is now known as the Chiltern Main Line.
History
Blackthorn 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. The line became part of the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Railways closed Blackthorn station in 1953.
References
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