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Iffley Halt railway station

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Place
  
Kennington

Grid reference
  
SP523028

1 February 1908
  
Opened

Original company
  
Great Western Railway

Area
  
Vale of White Horse

Pre-grouping
  
Great Western Railway

22 March 1915
  
Closed

Platforms in use
  
1

Similar
  
Horspath Halt railway st, Moulsford railway station, Steventon railway station, Churn railway station, Morris Cowley railway st

Iffley Halt railway station was built by the Great Western Railway to serve Iffley, a suburb of Oxford; it was actually in Kennington, and not in Iffley.

The station was situated at the western end of Kennington Railway Bridge, which crosses the River Thames. Access from Iffley was via the River Thames towpath, which has a footbridge over Hinksey Stream close to this point. It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the former Wycombe Railway route between Oxford and Wheatley.

Services were provided by steam railmotors based at Oxford, which was also the western terminus; the eastern terminus of these services was Wheatley, Thame or Princes Risborough. When the railmotor services were withdrawn on 22 March 1915, the halt closed. The line remained open for through passenger services, but these did not call at Iffley Halt.

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Iffley Halt railway station Wikipedia