Heyford railway station

Heyford railway station serves the village of Lower Heyford and surrounding areas in Oxfordshire, England. It is on the Cherwell Valley Line and is ideally located for visiting the Oxford Canal and Heyford Wharf, which are both alongside. The station, and the ten trains each Monday to Saturday serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway.

Heyford
LocationLower Heyford, Cherwell
England
Grid referenceSP483247
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeHYD
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened2 September 1850
Original companyOxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Passengers
2015/16 41,276
2016/17 38,610
2017/18 34,518
2018/19 39,028
2019/20 39,986
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is 75 miles 21 chains (121.1 km) measured from London Paddington via Didcot Parkway.

Services

Trains are all operated by Great Western Railway, except for one late night weekday service at 0053 to Banbury, operated by Chiltern. Some peak trains run through to/from London Paddington at peak times, but otherwise services operate between Oxford and Banbury only and call roughly every two hours.[1]

Sundays services operate in the summer months only, usually from the May timetable change until mid-September (3 trains per day each way).

References

  1. Table 116 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
King's Sutton   Chiltern Railways
Banbury to Oxford
Limited Service
  Tackley
  Great Western Railway
Cherwell Valley Line
 
  Historical railways  
Fritwell & Somerton
Line open, station closed
  Great Western Railway
Oxford and Rugby Railway
  Tackley
Line and station open


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