Tiddington | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Tiddington, South Oxfordshire |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.7401°N -1.0638°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Wycombe Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Western Railway |
Years: | 1866 |
Events: | Station opened |
Events1: | Station closed |
Tiddington railway station was on the Wycombe Railway and served the village of Tiddington, Oxfordshire.
On 24 October 1864 the Wycombe Railway opened an extension from Thame to Oxford.[1] [2] The line passed just south of Tiddington, although Tiddington was not provided at first with a station, the station being opened and appearing on timetables for the first time on 1 June 1866. The station building being constructed in timber with a small canopy over part of the platform. A signal box was provided in 1892 but was downgraded to a ground frame by 1907.
On 7 January 1963 British Railways withdrew passenger services between Princes Risborough and Oxford, closed all intermediate stations including Tiddington,[3] and dismantled the track between Thame and Morris Cowley.