Cassington Halt railway station
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Cassington Halt served the village of Cassington
, Oxfordshire and was a single platform halt opened by Great Western Railway
on 9 March 1936 on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
line between Oxford
and Witney
, just south of the A40. The halt which consisted of a single concrete platform and a wooden shelter was moved in 1948 to the north of the A40. The halt was closed in 1962.
Cassington
Cassington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire about northwest of Oxford. The village lies on gravel strata about from the confluence of the River Evenlode with the River Thames. The parish includes the hamlet of Worton northeast of the village and the site of the former hamlet of...
, Oxfordshire and was a single platform halt opened by Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
on 9 March 1936 on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway
The Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway was a single track railway line, long, in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.-The Witney Railway:In 1849 a branch line was proposed from the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway at Wilcote near Charlbury via North Leigh to Witney, but the route was...
line between Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and Witney
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
, just south of the A40. The halt which consisted of a single concrete platform and a wooden shelter was moved in 1948 to the north of the A40. The halt was closed in 1962.