Shrivenham railway station

Shrivenham railway station was a station on the Great Western Main Line serving the village of Shrivenham in what was then part of Berkshire.

Shrivenham
LocationShrivenham, District of Vale of White Horse
England
Grid referenceSU237875
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Pre-groupingGWR
Post-groupingGWR
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
17 December 1840Opened
7 December 1964Closed

History

The station was about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) south of the village, on the west side of the B4000 Station Road, south of the Wilts & Berks Canal, and 5.6 miles along the line east of Swindon.[1]

The main station building was built in 1840. It was very small, faced with flint, had Tudor style windows and a roof that projected in the form of a canopy.[2]

On 10 May 1848 six passengers were killed and 13 injured at Shrivenham when two porters pushed a horse-box and cattle van onto the main line to free a waggon turntable. The Exeter express struck them; the locomotive was undamaged but the side of the leading coach was torn out killing six passengers and injuring 13 more.[3]

On 15 January 1936 an express from Penzance collided with some coal wagons just outside the station that had become detached from an earlier train. Two people (the male driver and a female passenger) were killed and 10 injured.[4][5][1]

On 7 December 1964 British Railways withdrew passenger services from Shrivenham and all other intermediate stations between Didcot and Swindon. The station buildings were demolished in 1965 but remnants of the platforms survive.[6]

Routes
A 1906 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Shrivenham
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Uffington
Line open, station closed		   British Rail
Western Region
Great Western Main Line		   Stratton Park Halt
Line open, station closed

References
  1. Mount, A.H.L. (25 February 1936). "[untitled accident report]" (PDF). Ministry of Transport.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 218.
  3. Rolt, L.T.C.; Kichenside, Geoffrey (1982) [1955]. "Chapter 8 - Stray Wagons and Breakaways". Red for Danger (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 176. ISBN 0-7153-8362-0.
  4. Nock, O.S.; Cooper, B.K. (1987) [1966]. Historic Railway Disasters (4th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 130–133. ISBN 0-7110-1752-2.
  5. Vaughan, Adrian (1993). The Great Western at Work 1921-1939. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 178–179. ISBN 1-85260-300-3.
  6. Burman, Peter & Stratton, Michael Conserving The Railway Heritage p. 82

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