Kidlington railway station

Kidlington
A Class 47 Poole – Manchester service passes the still extant Kidlington station in April 1980.
General information
Location	Kidlington, Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP483148
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Oxford and Rugby Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	GWR Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1855[1]	Station opens as Woodstock Road
1890	Bay platform built; Station renamed Kidlington
1954	Closure of branch line to Woodstock
2 November 1964	Station closes for passengers
21 June 1965	closed for goods

Kidlington railway station is a former railway station in Oxfordshire, England, that opened in 1855 on the Oxford and Rugby Railway to serve the village of Kidlington and the adjacent town of Woodstock . It became a junction station in 1890 upon the opening of the Blenheim and Woodstock Branch Line, and served the area for over 100 years before falling victim to the programme of closures initiated by the Beeching Report in 1964. Following many proposals for its reopening, a new station to serve Kidlington opened in October 2015 at Oxford Parkway on the Oxford to Bicester Line.