Images Dated 2019

Wantage Road Station, Oxfordshire, c.1910

A view of Wantage Road Station in Oxfordshire, taken c.1910 from the bridge looking down at the simple station buildings and track.
Wantage Road station opened at the village of Grove just north of Wantage in 1846 and closed to passengers and goods traffic in 1964 and 1965 respectively

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1910, 1910s, Grove, Oxfordshire, Railway, Station, Station Building, Track, Wantage, Wantage Road

Henley-on-Thames Station, Oxfordshire, 1954

A view of Henley-on-Thames station in Oxfordshire in 1954, showing the dead end of the terminus. The station opened with three platforms and many sidings in June 1857 to provide enough trains for the royal regatta held every year in July. The station was reduced in size in the 1960s and 1970s, with the station building, goods yard and two platforms being removed

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Preteign Station, Wales, 1959

A view of Preteign Station in Presteigne on the Welsh borders. This image show the station buildings and was taken in 1959 after passenger services had ceased. Presteign station opened in 1875 and closed to passengers in the early 1950s after a national coal shortage and general decline in passenger numbers. The station remained open for goods traffic until 1964

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