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in 1888. However, from 1889 military summer camps were established near to the station which required the use of the halt as the only access to the site. Timetables provided that trains would not call at Churn unless prior notice had been given to the
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The station buildings consisted of no more than a simple wooden shelter and basic lavatories. In order to provide deliveries of goods for the camps a small siding was built at the southern end of the station.
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An illustrated history of the Didcot, Newbury and
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In 1905 it was the subject of a fictional crime mystery,
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in
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1362:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1888
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320:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
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125:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
116:Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway
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228:, the previous station on the line.
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226:Upton and Blewbury railway station
138:Western Region of British Railways
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16:Former railway station in England
960:Staines and West Drayton Railway
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264:Sir Gilbert Murrell's Picture
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950:Closed railway stations in
408:Closed railway stations in
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242:National Rifle Association
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878:Shipton-on-Cherwell Halt
549:Brize Norton and Bampton
159:Opened (private station)
1166:Great Western Main Line
1057:Lambourn Valley Railway
771:Great Central Main Line
507:Fritwell & Somerton
418:Great Western Main Line
873:Blenheim and Woodstock
680:Wainhill Crossing Halt
670:Kingston Crossing Halt
569:Kelmscott and Langford
1139:Reading Central Goods
1014:Maidenhead Boyne Hill
968:Colnbrook Estate Halt
855:Banbury Merton Street
315:Great Western Railway
212:was a station on the
210:Churn railway station
167:Opened for public use
149:6 July 1888
134:Great Western Railway
1232:Cherwell Valley line
484:Cherwell Valley line
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675:Lewknor Bridge Halt
60:Vale of White Horse
47:General information
1328:51.5390°N 1.2560°W
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1222:Upton and Blewbury
817:Oxford Rewley Road
695:Chiltern Main Line
522:Wolvercot Platform
497:Abingdon Road Halt
474:Upton and Blewbury
350:Geocaching website
307:Upton and Blewbury
301:Following station
289:Preceding station
268:Victor Whitechurch
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978:Poyle Estate Halt
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188:10 September 1962
94:Other information
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1184:Wantage Road
1152:Stations in
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1095:East Garston
1085:Welford Park
996:Chalvey Halt
794:Varsity Line
761:Sarsden Halt
660:Aston Rowant
512:Hinksey Halt
502:Bletchington
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451:Wantage Road
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180:8 March 1943
122:Pre-grouping
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1294:Wallingford
1268:Iffley Halt
1154:Oxfordshire
904:Wallingford
751:Milton Halt
746:Hook Norton
612:Iffley Halt
574:South Leigh
410:Oxfordshire
64:Oxfordshire
1346:Categories
1316:51°32′20″N
1199:Shrivenham
1156:since 1974
708:Blackthorn
685:Watlington
632:Tiddington
617:Littlemore
517:Kidlington
436:Shrivenham
337:References
258:In fiction
249:Facilities
153:1888-07-06
56:Churn Down
1319:1°15′22″W
1289:Faringdon
1194:Uffington
1179:Steventon
1174:Moulsford
1032:Hermitage
973:Colnbrook
952:Berkshire
899:Faringdon
731:Adderbury
554:Carterton
446:Uffington
441:Steventon
431:Moulsford
183:Re-opened
144:Key dates
86:Platforms
1284:Abingdon
1105:Lambourn
894:Abingdon
713:Cropredy
642:Wheatley
544:Alvescot
222:Blewbury
79:SU517825
52:Location
1299:Wantage
1189:Challow
1080:Boxford
1047:Compton
909:Wantage
807:Launton
784:Finmere
736:Bloxham
665:Chinnor
589:Yarnton
564:Eynsham
426:Challow
329:Compton
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274:Closure
270:(1905)
232:History
151: (
107:History
102:Disused
67:England
703:Ardley
579:Witney
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282:Routes
191:Closed
175:Closed
99:Status
1217:Churn
1070:Speen
627:Thame
469:Churn
27:Churn
366:ISBN
238:halt
164:1905
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