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Welford Park railway station

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Place
  
Grid reference
  
SU408735

Post-grouping
  
Opened
  
2 April 1898

Platforms in use
  
2

Pre-grouping
  
1960
  
Closed to passengers

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Welford Park railway station was a railway station in Welford, Berkshire, UK, on the Lambourn Valley Railway.

History

The station opened on 2 April 1898. It was rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1908, providing a second platform, a signal box, and a passing loop.

The station had few passenger facilities, and dealt primarily with small goods, including coal, watercress, and timber.

Passenger services ceased from 4 January 1960 and the station closed to all traffic on 19 July 1965. The line was retained to serve a 3 miles (4.8 km) spur line which ran from the station to RAF Welford. until closure in 1972. The last trains were a special passenger service to from Newbury which ran on 3 November 1973

References

Welford Park railway station Wikipedia


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