Brize Norton and Bampton railway station

Brize Norton and Bampton railway station was a railway station 1mi south of the village of Brize Norton on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between and. The station had two stone-built platforms, a station building and a goods shed.HistoryThe station was opened on 15 January 1873 and was originally named Bampton, although it was 2mi north of that village. In August 1884 a similarly-named station at Bampton, Devon was opened. However, it was not until 2 July 1906 that the Oxfordshire station was distinguished by being renamed Bampton (Oxon), although certain records indicate that the station's name was in fact changed shortly after the opening of the Devon station.The station was one of two on the East Gloucestershire Railway with two platforms, and a stone-built goods shed was also constructed, as at and. A small goods yard was served by two sidings. The Second World War resulted in the construction of a new concrete loading bank between the goods shed and the station. The goods shed was smaller than those provided on the Witney Railway and could only accommodate a single vehicle. The signal box was of standard Great Western Railway design with 18 levers and, as with other stations on the East Gloucestershire Railway with the exception of Carterton, it was situated on the platform adjacent to the station buildings. The station had a passing loop which, for over 50 years, was the only one on the line. Until Brize Norton airfield was built, the station stood in a rather isolated position, 1.75mi to the north of Bampton village. Nevertheless, between 1903 and 1923, an average of 11,000 tickets were collected annually at the station, and around 9,000 tons of goods traffic was handled.