Place Upton 13 April 1882 (1882-04-13) Opened as Upton | Grid reference SU511869 Platforms in use 2 | |
Area Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire Pre-grouping Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British Railways Original company Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Similar Churn railway station, Moulsford railway station, Steventon railway station, Faringdon railway station, Milton Halt railway station | ||
Upton and Blewbury railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It served Upton, with Blewbury and West Hagbourne being only a mile from the station. It was opened in 1883 to serve military camps in the area.Originally named Upton; Blewbury was added to the name of the station in 1911 to recognise the more distant but larger village in the Vale of the White Horse. In the latter part of the station's history it also served the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell. The station closed in 1962.
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Facilities
The station comprised two platforms, with the ticket office and station buildings located on the southbound platform on a passing loop. The northbound platform, linked by two paths across the tracks at either end for access, had a small wooden shelter and a signal box at its northern end. To the North of the station was a headshunt and two sidings, one flanking the southbound platform used for loading horses and other goods, the other siding curving to the east.
The site today
The station building is still in excellent condition with a recent extension in the original style. It even retains its original canopy, although it has also been recently surrounded by further housing. The original station approach and car park area has been ironically named "Beeching Close".