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Not to be confused with Farringdon station, Farringdon Platform railway station, or Farington railway station. Former railway station in England

Faringdon

General information
Location	Faringdon, Vale of White Horse England
Grid reference	SU287951
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Faringdon Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1864	Station opens
1951	Station closes to passengers
1964	Station closes to freight

Faringdon
Branch

Legend

Faringdon railway station is a closed stone and brick built railway station that served the market town of Faringdon, in Oxfordshire, England and was on the Faringdon branch line.

The line was opened on 1 June 1864, between Faringdon and the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Uffington, with construction funded by a consortium of local business men called the Faringdon Railway Company which was purchased outright by the GWR in 1886. Constructed as a broad gauge line it was converted to standard gauge in 1878. Passenger traffic peaked in 1913, but later declined to such an extent that the passenger service was withdrawn on 31 December 1951. Freight traffic continued to use the line until 1964.

Faringdon Town Council proposed in 2005 to reopen the line but it remains closed.

The station building is still extant, having been used for various commercial purposes; it has been a children's nursery since 2002.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Uffington		British Railways Faringdon Branch Line		Terminus

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
Parsons, Dave. "Faringdon Railway". Faringdon Online. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
Gillman, John (18 October 2005). "Faringdon Advanced Broadgauge Railway Vision Statement". Faringdon Town Council. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
"Our childcare facilities at The Old Station Nursery". The Old Station Nursery. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

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Witney Railway; East Gloucestershire Railway	Alvescot Brize Norton and Bampton Carterton Cassington Halt Eynsham Kelmscott and Langford South Leigh Witney Witney (goods) Yarnton
Wycombe Railway	Horspath Halt Iffley Halt Littlemore Morris Cowley Thame Tiddington Towersey Halt Wheatley
Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway	Aston Rowant Chinnor Kingston Crossing Halt Lewknor Bridge Halt Wainhill Crossing Halt Watlington
Chiltern Main Line	Ardley Blackthorn Cropredy
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway	Adderbury Bloxham Chipping Norton Hook Norton Milton Halt Rollright Halt Sarsden Halt
Great Central Main Line	Chalcombe Road Halt Finmere
Varsity Line	Charlton Halt Launton Oddington Halt Oxford Rewley Road Oxford Road Halt Port Meadow Halt Wendlebury Halt Wolvercote Halt
Banbury to Verney Junction branch line	Banbury Merton Street
Blenheim and Woodstock branch line	Blenheim and Woodstock Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt
Short branches	Abingdon Faringdon Wallingford Wantage

51°39′16″N 1°35′10″W / 51.6545°N 1.5860°W / 51.6545; -1.5860

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