Summary
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 | |
|---|---|
 The site of the station in 2014 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Shrivenham, District of Vale of White Horse England |
| Grid reference | SU237875 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | GWR |
| Post-grouping | GWR Western Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 17 December 1840 | Opened |
| 7 December 1964 | Closed |
History edit
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, hauled by GWR 6000 Class 4-6-0 No. 6007 King William III, collided with some coal wagons just outside the station that had become detached from an earlier train hauled by GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 No. 2802. 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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ a b Mount, A.H.L. (25 February 1936). "[untitled accident report]" (PDF). Ministry of Transport.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). The Buildings of England: Berkshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 218.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nock, O.S.; Cooper, B.K. (1987) [1966]. Historic Railway Disasters (4th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 130–133. ISBN 0-7110-1752-2.
- ^ Vaughan, Adrian (1993). The Great Western at Work 1921-1939. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 178–179. ISBN 1-85260-300-3.
- ^ Burman, Peter & Stratton, Michael Conserving The Railway Heritage p. 82
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