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Launton
DMU departs from station in 1967.
General information
Location	Launton, Cherwell England
Grid reference	SP618235
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Buckinghamshire Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
October 1850	Opened
1 January 1968	Closed

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. The station was demolished after closure but the platforms remained until around 2020 when they were removed during reconstruction for reopening of the East/West Rail Link.

v t e Varsity Line
Legend
Cherwell Valley line to Didcot Oxford Rewley Road Oxford Sheepwash Channel Port Meadow Halt Cotswold line to Hereford Oxford Canal Cherwell Valley line to Banbury Wolvercote Halt Wolvercote tunnel Oxford–Bicester line Bucks Jn Rly Oxford Road Halt Oxford Parkway Islip Oddington Halt Charlton Halt Wendlebury Halt Bicester Military Rly Bicester London Road Bicester chord GWR to High Wycombe GWR Bicester cut-off to Banbury Launton Marsh Gibbon and Poundon GCML to Aylesbury GCML to Rugby Central Claydon curve Freight traffic reversing siding Claydon Banbury–Verney Jn line to Banbury Verney Junction Metropolitan Rly to Aylesbury Winslow Swanbourne WCML to Euston Swanbourne Siding Bletchley Flyover Bletchley WCML to Milton Keynes C. Bletchley TMD Fenny Stratford Grand Union Canal Bow Brickhill Woburn Sands Aspley Guise Husborne Crawley Marston Vale line Ridgmont Lidlington Millbrook Stewartby Wootton Broadmead Kempston Hardwick Midland Main Line to St Pancras Kempston & Elstow Bedford–Hitchin line to Hitchin Bedford St Johns Bedford St Johns (former) Bedford Willington Midland Main Line to Leicester Blunham River Ivel Girtford Halt ECML to Peterborough Sandy curve Sandy ECML to Hitchin Potton Gamlingay Old North Road Lord's Bridge Mullard Observatory Cambridge line to Hitchin WAML to London Cambridge Ipswich–Ely line to Ipswich GER to Mildenhall GER to St Ives Fen line to King's Lynn

Routes

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 258. OCLC 931112387.
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 139. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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