Launton railway station

Launton railway station served the village of Launton in Oxfordshire. It was on the Varsity Line between Bletchley and Oxford. The station opened in 1850; British Railways closed Launton station, and withdrew passenger services at the end of 1967.

Varsity Line
Oxford
Rewley Road
Oxford
Sheepwash Channel
Port Meadow Halt
Oxford Canal
Wolvercote Halt
Wolvercote tunnel
Oxford Road Halt
Oxford Parkway
Islip
Oddington Halt
Wendlebury Halt
Bicester
London Road
Bicester chord
Marsh Gibbon
and Poundon
GCML
to Rugby Central
Claydon curve
Freight traffic
reversing siding
Verney Junction
Metropolitan Rly
to Aylesbury
Winslow
Swanbourne
WCML to Euston
Swanbourne Siding
Bletchley
WCML
to Milton Keynes C.
Fenny Stratford
Bow Brickhill
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Marston Vale line
Ridgmont
Lidlington
Millbrook
Stewartby
Wootton Broadmead
Kempston
Hardwick
Midland Main Line
to St Pancras
Bedford St Johns
Bedford
Willington
Midland Main Line
to Leicester
River Ivel
ECML
to Peterborough
Sandy curve
Sandy
Potton
Old North Road
Lord's Bridge
Mullard Observatory
WAML to London
Cambridge
GER to Mildenhall
GER to St Ives

Launton
DMU departs from station in 1967.
General information
LocationLaunton, Cherwell
England
Grid referenceSP618235
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBuckinghamshire Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850Opened
1 January 1968Closed
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