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Line 1: {{Short description\|Former railway station in Oxfordshire, England}} {{Infobox UK disused station▼ {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2018}} \| name = Hinksey Halt▼ {{Use British English\|date=January 2018}} \| locale = [[New Hinksey]]▼ ▲{{Infobox ~~UK disused~~ station ~~\| borough = [[City of Oxford]]~~ ▲\| name = Hinksey Halt ~~\| image_name =~~ \| ~~caption~~status = Disused \| ~~original~~image = ~~[[Great~~ ~~Western~~ ~~Railway]]~~ = ▲\| ~~locale~~borough = [[New Hinksey]], [[City of Oxford]] ~~\| pregroup = Great Western Railway~~ \| country = England ~~\| postgroup = <!-- intentionally blank -->~~ \| coordinates = {{coord\|51.7368\|-1.2573\|type:railwaystation_region:GB\|display=inline,title}} ~~\| platforms = 2~~ \| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid\|Grid reference]] ~~\| latitude = 51.7368~~ \| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled\|SP513044\|25\|SP513044}} ~~\| longitude = -1.2573~~ \| ~~gridref~~platforms = ~~SP513044~~2 \| ~~start~~original = 1[[Great ~~February~~Western ~~1908~~Railway]] \| ~~end~~pregroup = 22Great ~~March~~Western ~~1915~~Railway \| opened = 1 February 1908 \| closed = 22 March 1915 }} Line 19 ⟶ 21: ==History== The station was situated on the main [[Didcot Parkway railway station\|Didcot]] to {{stnlnk\|Oxford}} railway line, to the north of the site of Millstream Junction,{{sfn\|Mitchell\|Smith\|2003a\|loc=fig. 44}} the junction for the original terminus at Oxford ([[Grandpont]]), which was later a goods station but had closed by 1900.{{sfn\|Mitchell\|Smith\|2003a\|loc=fig. XI}} Access to Hinksey Halt was via Norreys Avenue and a footpath across the adjacent reservoir.{{sfn\|Simpson\|2001\|p=61}} The reservoir was formerly a ballast pit, dug by the GWR between 1844 and 1848.{{sfn\|MacDermot\|1927\|p=300}} It was opened on 1 February 1908 along with four other halts on the route between Oxford and {{stnlnk\|Wheatley}}.{{sfn\|Butt\|1995\|p=121}}{{sfn\|Mitchell\|Smith\|2003a\|loc=fig. 44}}{{sfn\|Mitchell\|Smith\|2003b\|loc=fig. 28}}{{sfn\|Waters\|1986\|p=128}} Line 28 ⟶ 30: {{Oxford area RDT}} {{Disused Rail Start}} {{rail line\|next={{stnlnk\|Abingdon Road Halt}}<br /><small>Line open, station closed</small>\|previous={{stnlnk\|Oxford}}<br /><small>Line and station open</small>\|route=[[Great Western Railway]]<br /><small>1908-1915</small>\|col={{GWR colour}} }} {{end box}} Line 35 ⟶ 37: ==References== {{cite book \|last=Butt \|first=R.V.J. \|title=The Directory of Railway Stations \|year=1995 \|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd \|location=Yeovil \|isbn=1-85260-508-1 \|id=R508 ~~\|ref=harv~~ }} {{cite book \|last=MacDermot \|first=E.T. \|title=History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833-1863 \|year=1927 \|publisher=[[Great Western Railway]] \|location=Paddington ~~\|ref=harv~~ }} {{cite book \|last1=Mitchell \|first1=Vic \|last2=Smith \|first2=Keith \|title=Didcot to Banbury \|series=Western Main Lines \|~~year~~date=February 2003a ~~\|month=February~~ \|publisher=Middleton Press \|location=Midhurst \|isbn=1-904474-02-0 ~~\|ref=harv~~ }} {{cite book \|last1=Mitchell \|first1=Vic \|last2=Smith \|first2=Keith \|title=Branch Lines to Princes Risborough \|~~year~~date=April 2003b ~~\|month=April~~ \|publisher=Middleton Press \|location=Midhurst \|isbn=1-904474-05-5 ~~\|ref=harv~~ }} {{cite book \|last=Simpson \|first=Bill \|title=A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire \|volume=Part 2: The South \|year=2001 \|publisher=Lamplight \|location=Banbury and Witney \|isbn=1-899246-06-1 ~~\|ref=harv~~ }} {{cite book \|last=Waters \|first=Laurence \|series=Rail Centres \|title=Oxford \|publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing\|Ian Allan]] \|location=London \|year=1986 \|isbn=0-7110-1590-2 ~~\|ref=harv~~ }} ==External links== Line 49 ⟶ 51: [[Category:Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire]] [[Category:Former Great Western Railway stations]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1908]] [[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1915]] [[Category:1908 establishments in England]]