| 词条 | Blenheim and Woodstock branch line |
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The Blenheim and Woodstock branch line was a {{convert|4|mi|adj=on}} railway branch line that linked Kidlington and Woodstock, Oxfordshire. It ran from Kidlington railway station parallel with the Cherwell Valley Line north to Shipton-on-Cherwell, where it turned west through {{rws|Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt}} towards {{rws|Blenheim and Woodstock}}. HistoryBuilt for the 8th Duke of Marlborough,[1] the line opened on 19 May 1890[2] and was privately owned until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway, although the line was operated by Great Western Railway from its inception.[3] In 1929 {{rws|Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt}} was opened, primarily to serve the Oxford and Shipton Cement Company limestone quarry and cement works. The last train ran on 27 February 1954 and track lifting was completed in January 1958.[3] Train servicesThe original service was four trains each way between Oxford and Blenheim and Woodstock. By around 1910, this had become ten trains a day and it remained at this level for many years. By 1938, the passenger service had been pruned back to nine trains a day, not all trains running through to Oxford.[3] The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day.[4] These cuts in the frequency of trains along the Woodstock branch line produced two-hour waits at Kidlington for a connection. ClosureBritish Railways closed the branch line in March 1954 with the last train adorned with a wreath.[4] The track was lifted in 1958. References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Crossley |first1=Alan |last2=Elrington |first2=CR (eds.) |authorlink2=Christopher Elrington |last3=Baggs |first3=AP |last4=Blair |first4=WJ |last5=Chance |first5=Eleanor |last6=Colvin |first6=Christina |last7=Cooper |first7=Janet |last8=Day |first8=CJ |last9=Selwyn |first9=Nesta |last10=Townley |first10=Simon C |year=1990 |chapter=Woodstock: Introduction |title=A History of the County of Oxford |volume=12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock |series=Victoria County History |place=London |publisher=Oxford University Press for the Institute of Historical Research |isbn=978-0-19722-774-9 |pages=326–333 |contribution-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol12/pp326-333 |accessdate=2 February 2016}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=MacDermot |first=ET |year=1931 |title=History of the Great Western Railway |volume=II: 1863–1921 |publisher=Great Western Railway |place=Paddington |oclc=55853736 |pages=366, 606 |ref=harv }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite book |last=Lingard |first=Richard |year=1973 |title=The Woodstock Branch |place=Oxford |publisher=Oxford Publishing Co |isbn=978-0-902888-23-4}} 4. ^1 Searle, 1983, p. 129.{{full|date=September 2018}} Bibliography
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